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Oakdale, Iowa

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52241. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iowa City West quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.

Oakdale within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale between 2006 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
Smoking1

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
19 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oakdale: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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
Sanders QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, FlagstonePast Producer
Hutchinson QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Old State QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Conklin Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Klein QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Vogel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

31 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakdale in 31 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Thunderstorm WindOakdale$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph overturned a semi trailer at Simpson Furniture (2300 Jones Blvd) and snapped trees and a large billboard sign along Heartland Drive around 705 am CDT August 22. A residence at 3300 Heartland Drive sustained structural damage when an evergreen tree snapped at the base and fell onto the home. A nearby flag pole at the home was also bent.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOakdale$5,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew a small radio tower down onto a building on 5th Street in Coralville, IA around 1240 pm CDT June 18. In addition, a number of power lines were blown down and an estimated 50-60 treese were damaged.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOakdale$5,000Winds estimated to be 70 mph uprooted a 20 inch diameter tree and overturned a shed and camper at Western Hills Estates Mobile Home Park around 11:45 pm.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindOakdale$200A trained spotter reported a 6 foot tall tree was blown over, with several small branches down elsewhere near Oakdale.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindOakdale-Large tree limbs were blown down along nearby roadways.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOakdale-Iowa Department of Transportation RWIS report.
March 2023HailOakdale-A public report of hail increasing in size to 1 inch. Also reported that sheet metal and insulating were falling from the sky.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOakdale-Tree branches larger than 2 inches in diameter were blown down.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindOakdale-Wind gust knocked down a metal shed.
May 2019Flash FloodOakdale-Four to six inches of water briefly covered the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 due to tremendous rainfall rates. Other major roads in the area were also impacted by water due to heavy rainfall rates.
May 2019Flash FloodOakdale-Deer Creek rose rapidly from no flooding to moderate flood stage due to heavy rain.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindOakdale-A person from the general public reported uprooted trees.
August 2014HailOakdale-A Twitter user reported that quarter sized hail fell in Coralville, IA at 653 pm CDT Aug 4.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindOakdale-Power was out in town. A trained spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts to be between 50 and 60 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindOakdale-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gust speeds up to 60 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindOakdale-Numerous trees between 6 inches and a foot in diameter were reported down near the Hyvee on 5th Street. Time of the event was estimated using radar.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindOakdale-A 3 inch diameter tree branch was down on a home along with numerous other smaller branches down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindOakdale-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to be between 50 and 60 mph.
August 2011Heavy RainOakdale-A spotter reported 0.86 inches of rain in 20 minutes.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindOakdale-Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph in Coralville, IA around 543 pm June 23.
June 2008HailOakdale-Hail about the size of nickels was observed near Coralville.
June 2008HailOakdale-A trained spotter estimated hail the size of quarters falling 5 miles northwest of Iowa City.
July 2007Flash FloodOakdale-Flood waters cover streets from curb to curb.
July 2007Flash FloodOakdale-Flood waters in the median of Highway 218 is encroaching onto the highway.
July 2007HailOakdale-Hail fell at Coral Ridge Mall.
April 2024HailOakdale-no account filed
May 2023HailOakdale-no account filed
July 2020HailOakdale-no account filed
July 2020HailOakdale-no account filed
July 2009HailOakdale-no account filed
July 2009HailOakdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Vernon1.5 miles19
Western Hills Mobine Estates1.5 miles17
Coralville2.4 miles19
North Liberty3.0 miles19
Tiffin3.2 miles17
University Heights4.3 miles19
Iowa City5.0 miles19
Green Castle (historical)5.8 miles14

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 OakdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7073787The 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 459738. 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.