BlockOakton, Missouri
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Northfork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64759. It stands on Dicks Fork. The Survey maps it on the Lamar South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lamar South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Oakton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 781 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230784-02439-09302020-2015 |
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178090-00625-08062018-2145 |
| 30 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178089-00625-08022018-1627 |
| 23 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200515-02439-05172019-0655 |
| 16 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 May 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakton in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakton | $35,000 | Damage occurred to several buildings at the Compton Irrigation Business. The report was received via social media. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakton | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported the roof of a hog barn was removed. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakton | $1,000 | Pieces of roofing material and tin was blown into trees. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Oakton | - | This hail report was from social media with a picture. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakton | - | Emergency manager estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Oakton | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Oakton | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Oakton | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729939. 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.
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.