Oakland, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Winter Garden-Ocoee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34787. It lies near Hull Island. The Survey maps it on the Clermont East quadrangle. 3,516 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 121 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 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 figuresOakland grew from 2,538 to 3,516 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 | 2,538 | |
| 2020 | 3,516 | +978 (+39%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clermont East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,264 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SUMMERPORT KEY (4) |
| 12 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Natural | 125 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oakland: 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clermont Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Tulley Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Silver Sand Co. - Center Sand Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Tarmac-Florida Silver Sand Mine | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds swept through a small community of mobile homes and older frame houses in the town of Oakland. One house was seriously damage and 3 others received minor damage. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Oakland | - | A public report was received of quarter sized hail near the intersection of Oakland Road and Tubb Street in Oakland. A nearby report of golf ball sized hail was also relayed by the local media. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Oakland | - | A citizen reported nickel sized hail near Exit 272 on the Florida Turnpike near Oakland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Tildenville | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Winter Garden | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Harlem Heights | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Beulah | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Crown Point | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ocoee | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Minorville (historical) | 5.1 miles | 14 |
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 Oakland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2036759 | 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 288004. 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.





