Oakfield, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oakfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14125. The Survey maps it on the Oakfield quadrangle. 1,812 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Oakfield
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 1 record
- Oakfield High Schoollisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresOakfield fell from 1,813 to 1,812 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,813 | |
| 2020 | 1,812 | -1 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1897 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Oakfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Oakfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Oakfield between 1999 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oakfield: 7 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakfield Gypsum Products Corp. Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Plant | ||
| Oakfield Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Oakfield Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Pheonix Gypsum Company Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| U.S. Gypsum Company Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Shafts | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakfield in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $15,000 | Thunderstorm wind downed numerous trees on East Shelby Road. |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Oakfield | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported downed trees blocking Albion Road. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $15,000 | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $12,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $2,000 | Numerous trees were reported down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakfield | $1,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Corners | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| East Oakfield | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| South Alabama | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ridgewood Village | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Wheatville | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Daws | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bushville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Elba | 4.5 miles | 18 |
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 Oakfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461418 | The 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 959164. 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.







