Oakdale, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Oakdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95361. The Survey maps it on the Oakdale quadrangle. 23,181 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 157 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Oakdale
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 1 record
First National Bank of Oakdale Buildinglisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresOakdale grew from 20,675 to 23,181 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 | 20,675 | |
| 2020 | 23,181 | +2,506 (+12%) |
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.
- 1915 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | F#672 STEWARD |
| 3 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | PERSIMMON |
| 24 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oakdale: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Gold, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Rock Co | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Oakdale Rock Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Standard Materials | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakdale in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Lightning | Oakdale | $200,000 | Lightning hit a tree in Oakdale, CA, causing a fire in nearby electrical transformer and resulting in a power outage. Three homes and a few vehicles were reported damaged. |
| May 2018 | Lightning | Oakdale | $20,000 | A lightning strike in Oakdale ignited a fire in several Italian cypress trees. The flames spread to nearby vegetation and then to a mobile home, which sustained moderate damage. A second mobile home sustained minor heat damage. |
| December 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Oakdale | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | $1,000 | The California Highway Patrol reported a large tree down blocking both lanes of SR120, with the road closed. A gust of 42 mph was reported at nearby Modesto Airport. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | $1,000 | Tree down across 26 Mile Road. There was a gust to 42 mph at Modesto Airport. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Oakdale | $100 | Half inch hail, 1 to 2 inches deep, covered area roads. This resulted in slick road conditions and did some minor damage to a mobile home carport, from the weight of the accumulated hail. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Oakdale | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud in Oakdale in Stanislaus County around 3:30 pm. No damage or touchdown was observed. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Oakdale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adela | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| East Oakdale | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Claribel | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Riverbank | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Valley Home | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Arnold (historical) | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Claus | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Orange Blossom | 7.4 miles | 19 |
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 Oakdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q984607 | 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 277564. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








