BlockBefore

Oakland, Missouri

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bonhomme Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63122. The Survey maps it on the Kirkwood quadrangle. 1,390 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.

Oakland within St. Louis County

On record in Oakland

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 14 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in St. Louis County

Population over time

2 figures

Oakland grew from 1,381 to 1,390 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,381
20201,390+9 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Oakland in 2007, burning under an acre 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Oakland: 30 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Alpha Portland Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
Jamieson MineFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Bend QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grant QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kempf QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mutual QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Osage Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rock Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOakland1 hurtThunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree in Kirkwood. It fell over onto a garage trapping a man between his pickup truck and the debris. He had to be rescued but only sustained minor injuries. Also, several trees and tree limbs were blown down through out Kirkwood, including a 150 year old hackberry tree in Kirkwood Park.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOakland-An NWS employee estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph. These winds downed small tree limbs.
April 2024HailOakland-Up to 1 inch hail fell between Kirkwood and Brentwood.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindOakland-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and powerlines in Kirkwood.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindOakland-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree across West Essex Avenue near Evans Avenue in Kirkwood. It pulled down several power lines when it fell.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOakland-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOakland-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Kirkwood Road.
May 2025HailOakland-no account filed
March 2025HailOakland-no account filed
March 2025HailOakland-no account filed
March 2025HailOakland-no account filed
April 2011HailOakland-no account filed
May 2010HailOakland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Kirkwood1.2 miles22
Meacham Park1.3 miles22
Crestwood1.4 miles22
Glendale1.4 miles22
Windsor Springs1.5 miles22
Webster Groves1.9 miles23
Warson Woods2.1 miles22
Rock Hill2.2 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on OaklandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q968054The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 756470. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.