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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.

Oakdale within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 17 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

86 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
29 September 2017Debris and open burning14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 1993Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 2014Equipment and vehicle use16 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 May 1992Arson/incendiarism35 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2018Arson/incendiarism16 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176784-00000-05012018-1900
9 April 2020Arson/incendiarism235 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190438-00000-04092020-1230
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179085-09009-04092019-2040

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coleman MineIronPast Producer
Frank R. Milliken MillLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Cadmium, Nickel, CobaltProducer
Logan Creek DepositLead, ZincProspect1962
SweetwaterLead, Zinc, Silver, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, CadmiumPast Producer1962, 1968

Every working recorded in Reynolds 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
Dairyville (historical)1.1 miles17
Corridon2.9 miles19
Dagonia3.6 miles17
Fruit City3.7 miles17
Alamode (historical)4.1 miles18
Reynolds4.2 miles19
Bedwell5.5 miles17
Ohlman6.5 miles19

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.