Hood River County, Oregon

37 topographic sheets cover 11 settlements here, and 36 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

36 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oregon within the United States

Hood River County within Oregon

What the record shows

179 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
36 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 33 buildings, 2 districts and 1 structure.
4 of the 36 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 11 populated places in this county; 11 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Butler Bank	building	2000	99001713
Cascade Locks Marine Park	structure	1974	74001686
Cascade Locks Work Center	building	1986	86000829
Cliff Lodge	building	2000	00000445
Cloud Cap Inn	building	1974	74001687
Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Recreation Area Historic District	district	1981	81000485
Ernest S. and Clara C. Colby House	building	2000	00000804
Columbia Gorge Hotel	building	1979	79003736
Simpson Copple House	building	1987	87000362
Davidson-Childs House	building	1989	89001864
Edward J. DeHart House	building	1990	90000276
John C. Duckwall House	building	1989	89000512
First National Bank of Hood River	building	2006	05001555
Orrin B. Hartley House	building	1989	89001860
Heilbronner Block	building	2006	05001554
Martin and Carrie Hill House	building	2007	07000760
Hood River County Library and Georgiana Smith Park	building	1998	98000605
Hood River High School	building	1999	99000534
IOOF-Paris Fair Building	building	1990	90001598
Robert and Mabel Loomis House	building	1990	90001599
Mt. Hood Hotel Annex	building	1994	93001511
Mt. Hood Railroad Linear Historic District	district	1994	93001507
Mt. Hood School House	building	1987	87000680
Lester and Hazel Murphy House	building	1990	90001600
Oak Grove Schoolhouse	building	1979	79002062
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Passenger Station	building	1988	88001159
Parkdale Ranger Station	building	1986	86000822
Miles B. and Eleanor Potter House	building	1992	92001326
Ries-Thompson House	building	1992	92001327
Roe-Parker House	building	1988	88000085
Shaw-Dumble House	building	1990	90001601
J. E. Slade House	building	1989	89000065
E. L. Smith Building	building	1991	91000801
Clark Thompson House	building	1989	89000124
Valley Theater	building	1990	90000842
Waucoma Hotel	building	1981	81000484

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

688 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 688 of them, burning about 63,492 acres. 115 started naturally and 30 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Recreation and ceremony	196
Natural	115
Equipment and vehicle use	75
Debris and open burning	71
Smoking	66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	54
Railroad operations and maintenance	35
Arson/incendiarism	30
Power generation/transmission/distribution	18
Fireworks	17
Other causes	7
Firearms and explosives use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
2 September 2017	Fireworks	48,488 acres	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	EAGLE CREEK
26 August 2011	Natural	6,304 acres	The Dalles Unit	DOLLAR LAKE
8 August 2008	Natural	3,280 acres	Mt. Hood National Forest	GNARL RIDGE
7 August 2006	Natural	1,850 acres	Mt. Hood National Forest	BLUEGRASS
21 June 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,000 acres	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	MARYHILL
4 July 2017	Arson/incendiarism	373 acres	Mt. Hood National Forest	INDIAN CREEK
2 September 2003	Power generation/transmission/distribution	370 acres	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	HERMAN
1 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	313 acres	The Dalles Unit	FIR MOUNTAIN

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1970 to 2018

27 of 27 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 27 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $30,002,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Heavy Rain	15
Thunderstorm Wind	4
Flood	4
Hail	3
Wildfire	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
November 2006	Flood	Hood River	$30,000,000	The Hood River near the city of Hood River crested at 14.1 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 13.0 feet. The flooding and debris flow up river from this gauge caused major damage to Hwy. 35 on Mt. Hood, closing the highway for a month due to repair work. Moderate damage was also done to irrigation works.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Parkdale	$2,000	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Odell	-	Hood River news reported that cherry, pear, and apple orchardists in the Odell area reported damage to their crop due to half-inch hail. How much damage is unknown.
December 2015	Flood	Hood River	-	Heavy rain resulted in the flooding of Hood River near Hood River.
January 2011	Flood	Van Horn	-	Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff resulting in the flooding of the Hood River. The Hood River at Tucker Bridge crested at 14.3 feet on January 16th at 10:30 PST.
January 2009	Flood	Parkdale	-	Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoof caused very high water on several streams and creeks which resulted in water over highway 35 between Mount Hood Meadows and Parkdale.
August 2008	Hail	Odell	-	A spotter called in and reported dime-sized hail, with some slightly larger hailstones mixed in.
January 2007	Heavy Rain	Cascade Locks	-	A total accumulation of 2.22 inches was reported.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	(Czk)Cascade Locks A	-	Storm total precipitation was 11.23 inches at the Log Creek RAWS.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Dee	-	Storm total precipitation was 5.17 inches at the Middle Mountain RAWS.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Dee	-	Storm total precipitation was 4.96 inches.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Hood River	-	Storm total precipitation was 4.50 inches in Hood River.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Parkdale	-	Storm total precipitation was 3.57 inches.
November 2006	Heavy Rain	Dee	-	Recorded a 5-day total of 8.1 inches.
September 2005	Heavy Rain	Mt Hood	-	no account filed
January 2004	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
August 2004	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
December 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
September 2003	Wildfire	Cascade Locks	-	no account filed
January 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
March 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
March 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
August 2003	Hail	Hood River	-	no account filed
August 2001	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
August 1991	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed
July 1990	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed
July 1970	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

70 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 70 workings inside this county. 23 still produce and 47 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Stone	24
Stone, Crushed/Broken	23
Sand and Gravel, Construction	21
Gold, Copper	1
Gold	1
Copper	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
New Deal	Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Gold
New Deal	Gold, Copper	Prospect
Alameda Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Alameda Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cascade Locks Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dukes Valley Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
East Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
East Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fountain Slide	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fountain Slide	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hanel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Herman Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hernam Creek Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Island Rock Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kerby	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kerby	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Old Dalles Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Topsoil Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Trout Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Trout Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
White River	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cascade Locks Pit and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Dee Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Dollar Pit 1920 Trs	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Dukes Valley Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
East Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Evens Creek	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
George Property Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hood River Pit & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Island Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Jones Creek Pit 1812 Trs	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Koberg Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Lava Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Old Dalles Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Raker Pint Pit 1833 T.R.S.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Shell Rock Pit 11022 Trs	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Smullen Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
White River Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Basalt Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Basalt Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Basalt Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Dee	Stone	Past Producer
Dollar Pit 1920 Trs	Stone	Past Producer
Dukes Valley Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Dukes Valley Quarry	Stone	Producer
East Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Evens Creek	Stone	Past Producer
George Property Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Hanel Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Hood River Pit & Plant	Stone	Past Producer
Hood River Sand and Gravel Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Hood River Sand and Gravel Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Jones Creek Pit 1812 Trs	Stone	Past Producer
Koberg Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Koburg Quarry and Plant	Stone	Past Producer
Koburg Quarry and Plant	Stone	Past Producer
Lava	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Raker Pint Pit1833 T.R.S.	Stone	Past Producer
Shell Rock Pit 11022 Trs	Stone	Past Producer
Smullen Quarry	Stone	Past Producer

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Cascade Locks

Cascade Locks census division · 97014 · Near Thunder Island · Bonneville Dam quadrangle

14 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Dee

Dee census division · 97031 · On Birdie Creek · Dee quadrangle

15 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Hood River

Hood River census division · 97031 · On Indian Creek · Hood River quadrangle

17 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Lenz

Odell census division · 97031 · On Rhoades Creek · Hood River quadrangle

17 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Lost Lake Resort

Dee census division · 97031 · On Inlet Creek · Bull Run Lake quadrangle

16 sheets, 1924 to 1997
Mount Hood

Parkdale census division · 97041 · On Evans Creek · Parkdale quadrangle

16 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Oak Grove

Hood River census division · 97031 · On Alder Brook · Hood River quadrangle

17 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Odell

Odell census division · 97031 · Near Lenz Butte · Hood River quadrangle

17 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Parkdale

Parkdale census division · 97041 · On Griswell Creek · Parkdale quadrangle

16 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Pine Grove

Odell census division · 97031 · Near Van Horn Butte · Hood River quadrangle

17 sheets, 1926 to 1994
Rockford

Hood River census division · 97031 · On Ferguson Creek · Hood River quadrangle

17 sheets, 1926 to 1994

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.