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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.

Oakland within Lafayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Washington township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History 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 - Washington Township

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.

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In the county-history sources

9,416 words on this township

History 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 1995

Regional 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
17 August 2003Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 June 2018Smoking1.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177730-05440-06072018-1010
5 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220641-05438-06052020-1204
28 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation129854-05438-06282015-1155
10 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation139133-02459-05102016-1727
5 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette 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
Fortyville (historical)3.2 miles16
Mayview6.0 miles16
Odessa6.3 miles18
Lake Lafayette7.0 miles18
Greenton8.6 miles17
Aullville9.4 miles15
Simpson9.4 miles15
Higginsville9.9 miles15

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.