Oakland, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64076. It stands on South Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville 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
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1885 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Warrensburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Washington township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Wm. T. Gammon
The subject of the following sketch is a native of Pocahontas county, W. Va.; born August 6, 1826. Was raised and educated there. In 1861 he enlisted in the confederate army, joining the 25th Virginia Regiment. Was elected captain of his company. At the battle of Cross Keys, June 8, 1862, he was severely wounded, and failing to improve where he was, he went to Georgia for the purpose of recruiting his health.
In the county-history sources
9,416 words on this townshipHistory of Lafayette County, Mo. , Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns, and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri; a Military Record of Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War .., published 1881; Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri, published 1910 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 9,416 words.
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Oakland (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 June 2018 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177730-05440-06072018-1010 |
| 5 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220641-05438-06052020-1204 |
| 28 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129854-05438-06282015-1155 |
| 10 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 139133-02459-05102016-1727 |
| 5 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oakland (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortyville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mayview | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Odessa | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Lafayette | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Greenton | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Aullville | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Simpson | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Higginsville | 9.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739644. 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.









