Warren Grove, New Jersey

Warren Grove, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Warren Grove, New Jersey
Warren Grove, New Jersey
Warren Grove, New Jersey

Warren Grove's location in Ocean County (Inset: Ocean County in New Jersey)

Coordinates: 39°44′47″N 74°22′14″W / 39.74639°N 74.37056°W / 39.74639; -74.37056Coordinates: 39°44′47″N 74°22′14″W / 39.74639°N 74.37056°W / 39.74639; -74.37056
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Ocean
Township Stafford
Elevation 98 ft (30 m)
ZIP code 08005 - Barnegat[1]
GNIS feature ID 0881544[2]

Warren Grove is an unincorporated rural community that is a part of Stafford Township, Barnegat Township and Little Egg Harbor Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.[3] Its location in the heart of the Pine Barrens makes it one of the most secluded and remote corners of the state.

The Warren Grove Gunnery Range is a military bomb practice range. Fighter jets including A-10's and F-16's from East Coast Air National Guard units use the area for practice bombing and strafing. Warren Grove is also home to the Pygmy Pine Forest of New Jersey, where the trees don't grow any taller than five feet.[4]

Incidents

References

  1. Look Up a ZIP Code for North Bergen, NJ, United States Postal Service. Accessed December 22, 2011.
  2. "Warren Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  3. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  4. "Pygmy Pine Plains". Pinelands Preservation Alliance. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. "Military must fix communication", Courier-Post, July 28, 2007. Accessed August 11, 2007. "On May 15, a fighter pilot mistakenly released flares while on a training mission over the Warren Grove Gunnery Range in Ocean County. At the time, the ground below was extremely dry. The flares hitting the ground touched off a fire that burned 18,000 acres (73 km2) of Pinelands, injured two people, destroyed four homes and damaged 53 other homes."
  6. McFadden, Robert D.; and Hanley, Robert. "Warplane Strafes a School in New Jersey", The New York Times, November 5, 2004. Accessed December 13, 2012. "The pilot was to have fired the half-second burst of shells well into the dive, at about 5,000 feet, the colonel said, but instead the cannon went off at an altitude of 7,000 feet, and at least eight of the bullets - non-explosive lead slugs more than 2 inches long - crashed through the roof of Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School, three miles south of the target range."
  7. "Little Egg school shot by jet to get $519,000", Press of Atlantic City, November 2, 2006.
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