Oakdale, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63633. The Survey maps it on the Corridon SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 17 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.
- 1944 USGS Corridon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Corridon quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Corridon SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,831 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 1993 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176784-00000-05012018-1900 |
| 9 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 235 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190438-00000-04092020-1230 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179085-09009-04092019-2040 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Oakdale (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Frank R. Milliken Mill | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel, Cobalt | Producer | ||
| Logan Creek Deposit | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | 1962 | |
| Sweetwater | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1962, 1968 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dairyville (historical) | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Corridon | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Dagonia | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fruit City | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Alamode (historical) | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Reynolds | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bedwell | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ohlman | 6.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740340. 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.












