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Oakland, Kansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Topeka City. It lies in ZIP code area 66616. It stands on Soldier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Topeka quadrangle.

Oakland within Shawnee County

On record in Oakland

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

494 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 2006 and 2020, burning about 435 acres in total. None started naturally. 108 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined239
Arson/incendiarism108
Debris and open burning99
Smoking20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks5
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee County15240
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service16182
29 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service15109
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service14941
25 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee County951
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service17446
22 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service14677
20 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service14591

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakland: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Kansas Sand and Concrete DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Shawnee 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
Belmont1.4 miles21
North Topeka1.7 miles21
Topeka2.5 miles21
Highland Park3.3 miles21
Tecumseh3.3 miles22
Mathews Park4.8 miles18
Spencer5.6 miles22
Lindbloom Park5.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478788. 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.