Oakley, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Oakley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83346. It stands on Birch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakley quadrangle. 786 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,560 feet above sea level.
On record in Oakley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Oakley Historic Districtlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresOakley grew from 763 to 786 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 | 763 | |
| 2020 | 786 | +23 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Oakley between 1996 and 2019, burning about 3,018 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 2,300 acres | Idaho Falls District | MIDDLE MOUNTAIN |
| 7 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 182 acres | Idaho Falls District | OAKLEY RESERVOIR |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | LITTLE COTTONWOOD |
| 4 August 2019 | Natural | 89 acres | Idaho Falls District | BOSTETTER |
| 3 August 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | WESTBIRCH |
| 26 August 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | 3 DOG FIRE |
| 20 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | BOSTETTER |
| 14 August 2007 | Natural | 309 acres | Idaho Falls District | BIRCH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oakley: 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brick and Tile Clay Deposit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Pumicite Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Rocky Mtn. Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Oakley Warm Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Oakley Warm Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
24 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakley in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 flash flood, 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakley | $43,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Oakley | $6,000 | Flash flooding occurred in the south foothills of Oakley. Heavy rain over a burn area caused water, debris and mud to flood one basement and several outlying buildings and potato cellars near the Mountain Meadows Ranch. The flow over burn areas brought ash into the debris and a foot of water and silt entered many ranch buildings and one basement. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Oakley | $4,000 | Radar indicated about 2 to 3 inches of rainfall in southern Cassia County near Utah border. Birch Creek and Goose Creek roads flooded in the Oakley area and Lynn Road in Almo flooded and washed out. The roads were strewn with debris, branches and trees. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Oakley | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakley | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakley | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at the Cotton Ridge RAWS site. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakley | - | Idaho Power reported 100 customers without power due to thunderstorm winds south of Oakley. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Oakley | - | Flooding along Trapper Creek Road with excessive runoff from Squaw Creek and Little Squaw Creek drainages. Several inches of rocks, mud and debris on the roadway. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Oakley | - | The US Forest Service reported Trapper Creek Road washed out in the area of FS Road 538 to Trout Creek Pass. A 12 foot deep gully was running down the center of the road. This was due to excessive runoff from the burned canyon walls from the Badger Fire burn scar. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakley | - | A 57 mph wind gust measured at Cotton Ridge RAWS site. |
| May 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Oakley | - | Funnel cloud photographed in Oakley. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Oakley | - | Radar indicated 1.5 inches of rain in less than an hour fell in southern Cassia county causing flooding on Birch Creek Road. |
| June 1997 | Heavy Rain | Oakley | - | 0.70 inch of rain in 15 minutes. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Oakley | - | Water flooded across Goose Creek Road for 1/8 mile stretch. Hail up to 3/8 inch diameter also observed. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Lightning | Oakley | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Wildfire | Oakley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Basin | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Trout | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Iversons | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Garrard Ranch | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Kenyon | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hazel (historical) | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| North Kenyon | 13.1 miles | 9 |
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 Oakley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1518180 | 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 396977. 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.




