Oakdale, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oakdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 54660. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakdale quadrangle. 302 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOakdale grew from 297 to 302 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 | 297 | |
| 2020 | 302 | +5 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1919 USGS Kendall quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Kendall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Kendall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 391 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MM 46 |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 52 MILEMARKER |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FLYING WHEELS #2 |
| 25 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakdale: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakdale in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Hail | Oakdale | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Oakdale | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Oakdale | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Lightning | Oakdale | $25,000 | The Oakdale Credit Union was damaged from a fire that apparently was sparked by a lightning strike. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | $7,000 | Large tree branches were blown down which caused siding and roof damage in Oakdale. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | $1,200 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | $750 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | $300 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Oakdale | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported in Oakdale. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Oakdale | - | A possible funnel cloud was sighted three miles southwest of Oakdale. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Oakdale | - | Nickel sized hail was covering the ground. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Oakdale | - | Pea to penny sized hail covered the ground near Oakdale. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Oakdale | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Oakdale | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Oakdale | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakdale | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Oakdale | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyeville | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Shennington | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Clifton | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tomah | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Valley Junction | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| North Tomah | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Jacksonville | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tunnel City | 10.3 miles | 14 |
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 Oakdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671317 | 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 1570692. 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.








