Oakley, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94561. The Survey maps it on the Brentwood quadrangle. 43,357 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1914 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresOakley grew from 35,432 to 43,357 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 | 35,432 | |
| 2020 | 43,357 | +7,925 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1914 USGS Brentwood quadrangle1:31680
- 1916 USGS Byron quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Byron quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Brentwood quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brentwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
371 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Oakley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 686 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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 | 197 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Oakley: 7 prospects, 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1b Du Pont B Plant Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1963 | |
| Antioch Paving Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Silica Company of Calif. | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Holland Sandstone Brick Co. | Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Antioch Sand Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Antioch Sand Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Neroly | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Bridgehead | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Arbor | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Newlove | 2.7 miles | 29 | |
| Knightsen | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Bethel Island | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Brentwood | 4.6 miles | 22 |
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 Oakley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q950912 | 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 277567. 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.









