Oak City, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Delta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84649. It lies near Rocky Ridge Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Oak City South quadrangle. 595 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,112 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOak City grew from 578 to 595 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 | 578 | |
| 2020 | 595 | +17 (+3%) |
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.
- 1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Oak City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Oak City South quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Oak City South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Oak City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213,320 acres in total. 78 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | BIG WASH |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LYN LANE 1 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LYN LANE 2 |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | TV |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 23 acres | Richfield Field Office | CLAY |
| 7 September 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fishlake National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | GRAVEL PIT |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PURPLE SAGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oak City: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Dept Hwys Borrow Pit 14060 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit 14058 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14058 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Utah Dept. of Highways Pit #14059 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Quartzite | |
| Utah Highway Dept. Borrow Pit #14060 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak City in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2014: 2 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Oak City | $100,000 | Heavy rain over the Clay Springs burn scar caused a debris flow on the afternoon of September 1st. Four homes in the Fools Creek area experienced flooded basements, and one yard was severely damaged. In addition, a single wide trailer in the same area was pushed off its foundation. Six to eight inches of mud and debris crossed Highway 125, causing some damage along the edges of the roadway. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Oak City | - | Heavy rain over the Clay Springs burn scar caused a minor debris flow, sending rocks and debris onto State Route 125. |
| September 2013 | Debris Flow | Oak City | - | Heavy rain over the Clay Springs Fire burn scar caused significant debris flows out of both the Fool Creek and Oak Creek drainages. However, prior mitigation efforts in Oak City protected homes from damage and flooding. |
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.
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 Oak City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483628 | 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 1444013. 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.







