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Oakdale, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Oakdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Bowman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tallega quadrangle.

Oakdale within Breathitt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

168 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,375 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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
Debris and open burning88
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2002Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUSH CREEK ROAD
16 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryGRAY HAWK
24 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 May 2017Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCORNER MARKET
26 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWALKLOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breathitt 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 Oakdale: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Mud Tunnel ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Breathitt County

Storms near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakdale in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths and 7 injuries. 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
February 2003Tornado (F1)Oakdale2 killed, 7 hurt, $300,000A large swath of downburst winds, nearly 450 yards wide, swept through the damaged area. Embedded in these winds was an F1 tornado, with winds between 100 and 112 mile per hour. At least five trailer homes were completely destroyed along with several other structures including tobacco barns and outbuildings. Twelve cars were also destroyed in a car lot. Numerous trees were down or uprooted. Two people died as a result of injuries from their mobile homes being tossed off of the ground.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOakdale$3,000Several large limbs were torn from trees by thunderstorm wind gusts. A tree was split by thundestorm winds.
February 2019Heavy RainOakdale$1,000Local media reported that a mudslide shut down a portion of Kentucky Highway 52 near Oakdale.
April 2015Flash FloodOakdale$1,000Two feet of water was flowing across Hwy 541, possibly washing out part of the road.
April 2021HailOakdale-An individual shared pictures of approximately nickel-sized hail that fell at their residence on Shadow Wolf Hill Rd.
August 2013Flash FloodOakdale-The creek that runs along Hwy 52 west of Oakdale was out of its banks due to heavy rainfall. The low water crossing was full and part of the road was washed out.
May 2010Flash FloodOakdale-Both the Lee and Breathitt county dispatch offices reported that KY Highway 52 was flooded with about 16 inches of flood water from a nearby creek 2 miles west of Oakdale.
August 2003Flash FloodOakdale-Cloverfork Road was impassable due to high water.
June 2008HailOakdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Breathitt 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
Chenowee2.1 miles14
Copebranch2.7 miles12
War Creek3.2 miles14
Guerrant3.6 miles14
Widecreek3.9 miles12
Jetts Creek3.9 miles12
Lawson4.4 miles14
Elkatawa4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508731. 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.