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White Oak, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Rossville-Beverly Hills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30741. It lies near Missionary Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle.

White Oak within Walker County

On record in White Oak

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 557 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 63 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning103
Arson/incendiarism63
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-007
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChickamauga & Chattanooga National Military ParkHAY
23 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of White Oak: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hall Ore Bank AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Mcfarland MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Alton Park TractStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1952
Alton Park TractClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Chatanooga MineClayUnknown
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Shale Georgia PitClayProducer
Rossville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bennett Mine No. 1AluminumPast Producer
Bennett No.2 ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Walker County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Beverly Hills0.3 miles28
Georgia Acres0.4 miles28
John Ross Estates0.4 miles28
Rossville1.0 miles28
South Rossville1.2 miles28
Cannon Crossing1.4 miles28
Orchard Hills1.8 miles28
Dewberry Town1.9 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354229. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.