BlockOakford, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46965. The Survey maps it on the Kokomo East quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Kokomo East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
10,014 words on this townshipCounties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.., published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Taylor Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Taylor Township - 10,014 words.
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 Oakford: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Zinc, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z77 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Kokomo Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kyle Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakford in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Lightning | Oakford | $50,000 | Officials believe a lightning strike is to blame for a fire which did an estimated $50,000 damage to a south-side Kokomo residence on Springmill Drive. The resident stated lightning hit his attic and when he checked it it was full of smoke. Crews stayed on scene for almost three hours. The house was left in uninhabitable condition. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakford | $2,000 | Tree of unknown size downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakford | $2,000 | Multiple trees of unknown size downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakford | $2,000 | Small to medium tree limbs snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakford | - | A trained Emergency Manager measured thunderstorm wind gusts as high as 75 mph in Indian Heights near the US Highway 31 and Indiana Route 26 interchange. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Heights | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Center | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hemlock | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Alto | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Darrough Chapel | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kokomo | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shambaugh Siding | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| West Middleton | 6.1 miles | 11 |
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 Oakford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7073872 | 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 440462. 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.