BlockOakland, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oakland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50006. The Survey maps it on the Popejoy quadrangle. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Popejoy quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Iowa Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oakland: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hizerbroth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marlowe Oakland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Meineke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | $10,000 | Livestock trailer blown across the road into a ditch at 45th St east of Dogwood Ave. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | $5,000 | Tree damage with power outages in the area. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Oakland | - | Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| June 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Oakland | - | Public reported a funnel cloud looking west and slightly north along Hardin Rd. |
| June 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Oakland | - | Local fire department reported a brief funnel cloud near Popejoy. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Oakland | - | Public reported 4 inches of rain near Popejoy over the last 24 hours. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Oakland | - | Tornado formed nearly 3 miles west of Popejoy and moved east northeast for the duration of the tornado. The tornado remained in rural areas of Franklin county producing minor crop damage. The tornado was found and rated using high resolution satellite imagery. |
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.
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 Q31812680 | 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 464677. 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.
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.