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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.

Oakley within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1914 to 1989

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Oakley, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Oakley, surveyed 1914

Population over time

2 figures

Oakley 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.

YearPeople Change
201035,432
202043,357+7,925 (+22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

371 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined197
Arson/incendiarism55
Smoking43
Equipment and vehicle use28
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Debris and open burning22

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
30 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
1b Du Pont B Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1963
Antioch Paving Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Silica Company of Calif.Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holland Sandstone Brick Co.MercuryPast Producer
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Antioch Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Antioch Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

Every working recorded in Contra Costa 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
Sand Hill1.9 miles22
Neroly2.1 miles29
Bridgehead2.3 miles30
Arbor2.5 miles22
Newlove2.7 miles29
Knightsen3.1 miles22
Bethel Island4.0 miles20
Brentwood4.6 miles22

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 OakleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q950912The 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.