Oak Springs, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Defiance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86511. The Survey maps it on the Uranium Spring quadrangle. 54 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,542 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOak Springs fell from 63 to 54 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 63 | |
| 2020 | 54 | -9 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Uranium Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Oak Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | W. OAK SPRINGS |
| 2 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BOWMANS 01 |
| 14 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 7560-ROAD |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | E. BOWMAN PARK |
| 31 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | OAK SPRING SOUTH 2 |
| 31 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S-PINESPRG |
| 30 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NW OAK SPRINGS |
| 26 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BOWMAN PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Springs: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hunters Point | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Past Producer | Granite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Point | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lupton | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Springs | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Michaels | 11.8 miles | 18 | |
| Allentown | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Houck | 13.9 miles | 15 | |
| Window Rock | 14.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bonita Trading Post | 18.3 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Oak Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4957548 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25269. 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.








