BlockOakley, Delaware
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bridgeville-Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19941. It stands on Stallion Head Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ellendale quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1918 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cedar Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Ellendale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Ellendale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Oakley between 2002 and 2019, burning about 77 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | FLEATOWN |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SMITH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Mine and Plant | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Walkers Acres | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Sussex Woods | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Staytonville | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Tessie-Maringola Estates | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Federalsburg | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ellendale | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hudson Pond Acres | 3.6 miles | 20 |
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 Q7074123 | 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 216166. 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.