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Oakland, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Marshall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73446. The Survey maps it on the Madill quadrangle. 831 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Oakland within Marshall 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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Oakland fell from 1,057 to 831 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
20101,057
2020831-226 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 2004 and 2008, burning about 261 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
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
8 August 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresChickasaw AgencyTRANSFORMER
28 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.7 acresChickasaw AgencyO'BANNION
5 March 2008Arson/incendiarism35 acresChickasaw AgencyLLAMA HAY
21 March 2004Natural100 acresChickasaw AgencyNED WATSON
12 February 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChickasaw AgencyT AND H
15 January 2008Debris and open burning119 acresChickasaw AgencySHRIMP SPOONER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oakland: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 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
April 2020Tornado (EF2)Oakland2 killed, 1 hurt, $500,000The Madill tornado initially developed near State Highway 99C and west of Breezy Hill Road. The tornado moved east-northeast along and just north of Highway 99C and then crossed US-377 and moved through the southern portion of the city of Madill. The tornado turned east-southeast and dissipated about 2 miles southeast of the center of Madill. EF2 damage was noted to houses and industrial buildings in the south part of Madill and to power poles along the path.||Heavy damage occurred at J and I Manufacturing just southwest of Madill and the Oklahoma Steel and Wire on the southeast side of Madill. One person was ejected from his car and killed near the intersection of Highway 377 and Highway 99C when his car was hit by the tornado. And a truck driver from Mississippi who was making a delivery at Oklahoma Steel and Wire was outside of his truck, struck by falling debris and killed at the plant. One person was airlifted to a hospital in Plano Texas in critical condition, and an unknown number of people suffered minor injuries that did not require transport.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindOakland$15,000Numerous tree limbs up to three inches in diameter were downed, and a couple of trees that were approximately eight to ten feet tall were uprooted. Golf ball-size hail was also reported at this location. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOakland$5,000Mobile home had part of its roof removed by straight line winds, time estimated from radar.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindOakland$5,000Numerous utility poles were downed and across the road.
April 2026HailOakland-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOakland-Trees and powerlines were blown down in and around the community of Oakland. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
March 2024HailOakland-Relayed image. Time is radar estimated.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindOakland-Relayed images showing multiple large (8-12-inch diameter) trees snapped. Time is radar estimated.
March 2024HailOakland-Relayed images. Time is radar estimated.
July 2023FloodOakland-Street flooding in downtown Madill. Water depth estimated at 6-12 inches from relayed image. Time is estimated.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOakland-Tree limbs 3 to 4 inches in diameter blown off trees.
April 2016HailOakland-Hail was covering the ground.
May 2015Flash FloodOakland-Several inches of water over Highway 199 and Highway 70 in Madill.
May 2015Flash FloodOakland-Six inches of water of many area roadways. No damage reported.
May 2015Flash FloodOakland-Numerous streets and rural roads covered in high water. Creeks and streams were flowing out of their banks.
August 2012HailOakland-No damage was reported.
September 2009HailOakland-The hail was reported on Highway 70, two miles east of McMillian Road.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindOakland-Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindOakland-Wind gust was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindOakland-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindOakland-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindOakland-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindOakland-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOakland-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
March 2025HailOakland-no account filed
April 2020HailOakland-no account filed
April 2018HailOakland-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindOakland-no account filed
April 2016HailOakland-no account filed
March 2013HailOakland-no account filed
June 2008HailOakland-no account filed
April 2007HailOakland-no account filed
April 2004HailOakland-no account filed
April 1994HailOakland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Madill1.4 miles14
Antioch1.8 miles14
Tyler6.1 miles14
Simpson6.2 miles14
McMillan7.6 miles14
Kingston8.0 miles12
Linn9.0 miles15
Little City9.5 miles13

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 Q2629463The 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 1096148. 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.