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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Oakland, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45640. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

Oakland within Jackson County

Then and now

1913 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oakland, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Oakland, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 nearby

41 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 2006 and 2020, burning about 180 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2016Debris and open burning8.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4511
3 April 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,296 shown

Museums hold 1,296 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oakland between 1899 and 1975: 669 Animalia, 564 Plantae, 58 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cronquist, A. M. Evans, A.J. Sharp and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Metzgeria furcata (L.) CordaMetzgeria furcata (L.) Corda1925Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorWhite's Gulch
Specimen of CalodonCalodon1936Cooke, William BridgeLittle Salt Creek
Specimen of Calvatia caelata (Bull.) MorganCalvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan1936Cooke, William BridgeLittle Salt Creek
A photograph of the species Ardea herodias, not of this specimenArdea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 17581899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Rorippa Scop., not of this specimenRorippa Scop.1905F. Bartley3 mi south of Jackson
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1915Hedgcock G. G.Jackson
A photograph of the species Trametes robiniophila, not of this specimenTrametes robiniophila Murrill1916MCCLEDROTLE G. A.?Coalton
A photograph of the species Eriophyes laevis, not of this specimenEriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889)1923Miller, A. E. (August E.)Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A.
unnamed1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Bazzania trilobata, not of this specimenBazzania trilobata (L.) Gray1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Calypogeia trichomanis, not of this specimenCalypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Cephalozia bicuspidata, not of this specimenCephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort.1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch

All 1,296 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oakland: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Chromium. 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
Davis Refractories/ Jackson, OhioChromiumUnknown
Cambria Clay Brick Plant #5Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Durex MillFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jackson County Hwy Dept.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limerick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Sharon2.6 miles14
Eastburn (historical)2.7 miles13
Limerick3.5 miles11
Buffalo3.5 miles14
Big Rock3.6 miles13
Savageville3.8 miles13
Jonestown4.3 miles14
Jackson4.6 miles14

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 Q85790115The 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 1065185. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.