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Oakland Park, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Joplin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64801. The Survey maps it on the Joplin East quadrangle.

Oakland Park within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

In the county-history sources

80,318 words on this township

The History of Jasper County, Missouri : Including a Condensed History of the State, a Complete History of Carthage and Joplin, Other Towns and Townships : Together with Numerous Portraits of Prominent Men : Cuts of Elegant Residences and Public Buildings : a Sectional Map of the County : Biographical Sketches of Many Enterprising Farmers, Merchants, Mechanics, Professional, and Business Men : the Constitution of the State : an Abstract of Laws : an Elaborate History of Jasper County - Its Topography, Natural History, Pioneers, Organization, Political History, Courts and Bar, Religious, Educational, Medical, Agricultural, Mining, and Horticultural, Its Commercial and Business Interests, Etc, published 1883; The Biographical Record of Jasper County, Missouri, published 1901 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Joplin Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Joplin Township - 80,318 words.

Fires near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Oakland Park between 1993 and 2019, burning about 62 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128610-04912-09242015-1548
22 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 1,298 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1,298 workings within 5 miles of Oakland Park: 1,290 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Sucker Flats PitClayPast Producer
Vogie Chat PlantSilicaProducer
Independent Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mattes Bros. Chat PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
Webb City Chat PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cox and Owen Stokes LeaseZincPast Producer1915
Crane-Chenoweth TractZincPast Producer1926, 1927

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
East Joplin2.1 miles19
Webb City2.4 miles17
Lone Elm2.6 miles19
Duquesne2.6 miles19
Airport Drive2.8 miles18
Joplin2.8 miles19
Tuckahoe3.0 miles18
West Joplin3.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723672. 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.