BlockOakville, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eliot Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52646. The Survey maps it on the Oakville quadrangle. 200 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOakville grew from 173 to 200 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 | 173 | |
| 2020 | 200 | +27 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1946 USGS Wapello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Wapello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Muscatine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Oakville between 1996 and 2016, burning about 798 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | HALL'S LK CAMPFIRE 2 |
| 8 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | HALL'S LK CAMPFIRE1 |
| 2 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | BEAN FIRE |
| 25 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | STRAWHACKER |
| 30 March 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge | HORSHOE BEND DIV |
| 20 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oakville: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elrick Junction Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakville in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Oakville | 1 hurt, $180,000 | Two homes were destroyed and trees were uprooted when a tornado touched down near Oakville. One minor injury was reported when the tornado rolled and damaged a mobile home. Twelve other residences sustained $130,000 in damages. Besides the two homes which were destroyed, two others were moved off their foundations. Roofs were torn off, and four garages were demolished. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakville | - | Report was relayed by broadcast media. 12-inch tree broken off about a foot above the base. Open farm outbuilding destroyed. Pictures shared and show damage in one direction. Time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakville | - | Roof blown off an unused hog shed from suspected microburst winds. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Oakville | - | The Mississippi River at Keithsburg and New Boston began June above their respective major flood stages of 15.5 feet and 18.5 feet. The river at New Boston crested on June 2nd at 24.40 feet and fell below its major flood stage on June 14th around 7 AM. This is preliminarily the 4th highest crest on record. The river at Keithsburg fell back below major flood stage on June 15th around 10 PM. The river crested at 22.95 feet on June 2nd. This is preliminarily the 3rd highest crest on record. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Oakville | - | The Mississippi River at Keithsburg (KHBI2) began the month above its major flood stage of 17 feet. The river stage at the beginning of the month was 20.6 feet. The river would rise to a crest of 21.97 feet May 3rd. This crest is preliminary the 4th highest crest. The river fell below major flood stage around the morning of May 14th. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Oakville | - | The Mississippi River remained above the major flood stage from late March through early morning hours of March 24th. The Mississippi River at Keithsburg crested at 19.2 feet on April 10th. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Oakville | - | Heavy rain across the region late in the month of May led to rises along the Mississippi River to above major flood stage at New Boston and Keithsburg. The Mississippi River at New Boston rose above the major flood stage of 18.5 feet during the early afternoon of the 2nd and fell below 18.5 feet late in the day of the 9th. The Mississippi River at Keithsburg rose above the major flood stage of 17 feet during the afternoon of the 2nd and fell below 17 feet early in the morning of the 10th. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Oakville | - | Major to record flooding caused a levee to fail on the Iowa River at Oakville leading to flash flooding in much of the town. One indirect fatality occurred in rural Oakville in Louisa County. A 35 year old male drowned while attempting to swim across flood waters. He left his car parked with his keys and wallet on one side, and tried to swim across to his home to gather more belongings. He was reported missing on June 14, 2008. A relative told local officials they had warned him not to enter the flood waters, but he replied that he had done it in the flood of 1993. It was concluded by officials that this was not an accidental flood related death. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakville | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph caused some tree damage in Oakville, IA at 2:22 pm June 7. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toolesboro | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Elrick Junction | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Newport | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wapello | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Port Louisa | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Morning Sun | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Grandview | 14.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cairo | 16.1 miles | 7 |
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 Oakville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q610413 | 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 459778. 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.