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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.

Oakley within Cassia County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Oakley 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.

YearPeople Change
2010763
2020786+23 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 1996

Regional 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
Natural9
Firearms and explosives use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 September 2007Natural2,300 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMIDDLE MOUNTAIN
7 August 2018Arson/incendiarism182 acresIdaho Falls DistrictOAKLEY RESERVOIR
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictLITTLE COTTONWOOD
4 August 2019Natural89 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBOSTETTER
3 August 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictWESTBIRCH
26 August 2010Firearms and explosives useunder an acreIdaho Falls District3 DOG FIRE
20 August 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBOSTETTER
14 August 2007Natural309 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBIRCH CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brick and Tile Clay DepositClayUnknown
Pumicite OccurrencePumiceOccurrence
Rocky Mtn. QuarryStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Oakley Warm SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Oakley Warm SpringsGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cassia County

Storms near this place

24 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2006Thunderstorm WindOakley$43,000no account filed
September 2013Flash FloodOakley$6,000Flash 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 2013Flash FloodOakley$4,000Radar 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 2004Flash FloodOakley$3,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindOakley$1,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOakley-A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at the Cotton Ridge RAWS site.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOakley-Idaho Power reported 100 customers without power due to thunderstorm winds south of Oakley.
July 2021Flash FloodOakley-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 2021Flash FloodOakley-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 2020Thunderstorm WindOakley-A 57 mph wind gust measured at Cotton Ridge RAWS site.
May 2015Funnel CloudOakley-Funnel cloud photographed in Oakley.
July 2001Flash FloodOakley-Radar indicated 1.5 inches of rain in less than an hour fell in southern Cassia county causing flooding on Birch Creek Road.
June 1997Heavy RainOakley-0.70 inch of rain in 15 minutes.
June 1997Flash FloodOakley-Water flooded across Goose Creek Road for 1/8 mile stretch. Hail up to 3/8 inch diameter also observed.
May 2005HailOakley-no account filed
May 2005HailOakley-no account filed
July 2004HailOakley-no account filed
July 2004HailOakley-no account filed
July 2004Flash FloodOakley-no account filed
June 2004HailOakley-no account filed
August 2004Flash FloodOakley-no account filed
July 2001HailOakley-no account filed
June 1996LightningOakley-no account filed
September 1996WildfireOakley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cassia 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
Marion3.4 miles9
Basin5.2 miles10
Trout5.6 miles9
Iversons8.0 miles8
Garrard Ranch8.1 miles8
Kenyon11.9 miles9
Hazel (historical)11.9 miles9
North Kenyon13.1 miles9

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 OakleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1518180The 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.