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Oasis, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Graham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52358. The Survey maps it on the Iowa City East quadrangle.

Oasis within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

49 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Oasis between 2006 and 2020, burning about 304 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
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 May 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 May 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oasis: 5 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dingleberry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Donovan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wright QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oasis in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 7 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOasis-A public report that 2 fruit trees were blown over and another large tree was split. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
February 2017HailOasis-Spotters reported nickel size hail. The time was estimated from radar data.
February 2017HailOasis-A spotter reports 1.25 to 1.50 hail falling along Interstate 80.
July 2017HailOasis-Report of 1.5 inch in diameter hail was received from the county emergency manager.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindOasis-80 percent of the corn on the Clyde Antone Farm was leveled.
March 2026HailOasis-no account filed
March 2026HailOasis-no account filed
May 2024HailOasis-no account filed
May 2023HailOasis-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
Elmira2.4 miles14
Morse4.0 miles14
Graham (historical)4.3 miles14
Newport5.2 miles14
Midway (historical)6.7 miles11
Parkhurst (historical)6.9 miles11
Breckenridge Estates8.0 miles11
Iowa City8.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464679. 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.