Oak Creek

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Oak Creek

Total population

700

Elevation7428 m

Land area0.89 km²

Weather38°F · Mostly Clear

Coordinates40.27°, -106.96°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Oak Creek is a Statutory Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 889 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Oak Creek, CO from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Colorado

• Phippsburg
  3.1 mi away
• Yampa
  8.8 mi away · pop. 296
• Steamboat Springs
  15.6 mi away
• Kremmling
  34.1 mi away
• Carbonate
  41.7 mi away
• Wolcott
  42.1 mi away
• Heeney
  44.2 mi away
• Gypsum
  45.2 mi away · pop. 8,941
• Hot Sulphur Springs
  47.2 mi away
• Walden
  47.6 mi away
• Edwards
  49.1 mi away · pop. 10,785
• Avon
  49.5 mi away

Browse all places in Colorado →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oak Creek

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Oak Creek State of Mind Collection · 2019

Petrology of the granitic pluton at Oak Creek, Fremont County, Colorado

James M. Stone · 1988

Proceedings

Workshop on Materials Handling for Tunnel Construction Oak Creek, Colo. 1977 · 1977

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

The Yampa valley sin circuit

Laurel Watson · 2014

What I Saw In California

Edwin Bryant · 1848

Douglas County central urban trails

Glen Hanket · 2005

Canoeing and kayaking Houston waterways

Natalie H. Wiest · 2012

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire 310, Garfield, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 79 mi
• Wildfire Moonshine, Albany, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-09-07 · 144 mi
• Wildfire Slough Canyon, Grand, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 169 mi
• Wildfire WEISER KNOLL, Fremont, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 184 mi
• Wildfire Cold Springs, Converse, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 186 mi
• Wildfire Swiss Roll, Archuleta, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 200 mi
• Wildfire Rio Blanco, Archuleta, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-07-28 · 218 mi
• Wildfire Black Canyon, Sanpete, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-07-30 · 239 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Black-billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia

Seen 2026-09-11

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans

Seen 2026-09-09

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

Seen 2026-09-07

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Seen 2026-09-05

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Seen 2026-09-05

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Seen 2026-09-05

Green-tailed Towhee

Pipilo chlorurus

Seen 2026-09-04

Western Yellowjacket

Vespula pensylvanica

Seen 2026-09-03

Big Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata

Seen 2026-09-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-26 02:45 UTC.