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Oak Park, Indiana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Jeffersonville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47130. The Survey maps it on the Jeffersonville quadrangle. 5,858 people lived here at the 2007 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.

Oak Park within Clark County

Population over time

2 figures

Oak Park grew from 5,379 to 5,858 between 2000 and 2007. 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
20005,379
20075,858+479 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Oak Park: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt, Lead. 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
Cargill Salt/ Clarksville, Ind.SaltPlant
Globe Union/ Louisville, Ky.LeadUnknown
Pilot Co. PitMagnesitePast Producer
Atkins Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jeffersonville PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Louisville Sand&Gravel IncStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Utica QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alert DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
First Street YardSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Martha E. Green DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Park in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindOak Park$45,000There was a report of large trees and power lines down in Jeffersonville. Duke Energy reported there were 3,000 power outages in Clark County.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOak Park-Trees were reported down on Perrin Lane.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindOak Park-A large tree limb fell on a fence near Bartholomew Boulevard.
July 2021FloodOak Park-Water was over the road at Presidential Place and Washington Way.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindOak Park-A tree was down over Park Lane.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindOak Park-A spotter reported two trees downed by estimated 60 mph winds near the east end of Oak Park.
April 2011Flash FloodOak Park-Water was up to car doors at the intersection of Allison Ln. and Middle Rd.

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Arctic Springs1.7 miles21
Port Fulton2.1 miles21
Jeffersonville2.9 miles21
Watson3.0 miles21
Utica3.0 miles21
Clarksville3.4 miles19
Cementville4.0 miles21
Longview Beach5.1 miles21

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 Oak ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3316670The 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 440444. 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.