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Wasco County, Oregon

100 topographic sheets cover 32 settlements here, and 31 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

31 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oregon within the United States
Wasco County within Oregon

What the record shows

  • 417 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 31 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 27 buildings, 3 districts and 1 site.
  • 6 of the 31 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 32 populated places in this county; 32 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

31

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

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Anderson, Lewis, House, Barn and Granarybuilding198080003387
Antelope Schoolbuilding201616000347
Balch Hotelbuilding198787001469
Bennett-Williams Housebuilding198686000291
Columbia Southern Hotelbuilding197979002150
Dalles Carnegie Librarybuilding197878002325
First Wasco County Courthousebuilding199898000260
Fort Dalles Surgeon's Quartersbuilding197171000682
Edward French Housebuilding199292001319
Fulton-Taylor Housebuilding199393000920
Hugh Glenn Housebuilding199191000064
Granada Theaterbuilding198686002953
Heimrich-Seufert Housebuilding199090000827
Orlando Humason Housebuilding199191000809
Imperial Stock Ranch Headquarters Complexdistrict199494000808
Indian Shaker Church and Gulick Homesteadbuilding197878003087
Joseph D. and Margaret Kelly Housebuilding199999000641
Maupin Section Foreman's Housebuilding200606001082
Malcolm A. Moody Housebuilding198080003388
Jefferson Mosier Housebuilding199090000286
Dr. J. A. Reuter Housebuilding199797000578
Rock Fort Campsitesite198080003389
Shaniko Historic Districtbuilding198282003754
Edward F. Sharp Residential Ensemblebuilding199191001561
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Churchbuilding197474001720
The Dalles Civic Auditoriumbuilding197878002326
John L. Thompson Housebuilding198080003390
Trevitt's Addition Historic Districtdistrict199595000686
US Post Officebuilding198585000545
John and Murta Van Dellen Housebuilding199191000063
Wasco Warehouse & Milling Company Hydroelectric Project Historic Districtdistrict2023100009054

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,906 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,906 of them, burning about 1,016,358 acres. 573 started naturally and 134 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Natural573
Recreation and ceremony347
Debris and open burning206
Equipment and vehicle use168
Missing data/not specified/undetermined135
Arson/incendiarism134
Smoking132
Fireworks67
Railroad operations and maintenance48
Power generation/transmission/distribution42
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Other causes25
Firearms and explosives use1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use118,230 acresWarm Springs AgencySIMNASHO
21 June 2018Natural100,226 acresPrineville DistrictBOXCAR
17 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined78,425 acresPrineville DistrictSUBSTATION
8 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use68,135 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNENA SPRINGS
12 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use66,613 acresWarm Springs AgencyCOUNTY LINE 2
24 August 2011Natural51,384 acresPrineville District0655 RAZOR BACK EAST
13 July 2014Natural50,900 acresWarm Springs AgencySHANIKO BUTTE
14 July 2014Natural35,724 acresPrineville District0358 BLACK ROCK

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

Storms, 1958 to 2023

41 of 41 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 41 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $27,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind17
Hail14
Wildfire5
Flood2
Tornado1
Heavy Rain1
Flash Flood1

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

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2002WildfireThe Dalles$10,000The Sheldon Ridge Fire, sparked by lightning, consumed 12,681 acres and eight structures, all of which were out buildings. Around 250 homes were threatened by the flames. Oregon National Guard Troops assisted in battling the flames.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindTygh Vly$5,000Large Aspen blown down west of Tygh Valley at the intersection of US Highways 197 and 216.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWamic$5,000Large oak tree blown down in Wamic.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAxford$5,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMaupin$2,000Shingles were blown off roofs, patio furniture blown around, and pieces of plywood blown away.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindAxford-The Mesonet station MDXO recorded at gust of 59 mph at 1745L from an outflow boundary.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindClarno-The mesonet station NPFO3 measured a gust of 59 mph at 1848L from an outflow boundary.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindKah-Nee-Ta-Roof torn off carport in the Wolf Creek subdivision north of Warm Springs.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindShaniko-Strong winds estimated at 100-115 mph downed portions of two high tension power towers.
May 2020Flash FloodPine Grove-Flash flooding and debris flow reported. 300 yard debris flow on BIA Route 6. 8 inches of water over roads near Warm Springs.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindShaniko-Completely destroyed riverside camps along Deschutes River with debris everywhere.
June 2019HailAntelope-Hail up to nickel size and .62 inches of rainfall in 15 minutes was reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindFriend-Occurred on US Highway 97 northbound at mile post 21.
August 2019FloodThe Dalles-Several areas of flooding reported due to heavy rainfall and small hail.
June 2017HailKah-Nee-Ta-Trained spotter relayed a report from the public of golf ball size hail in southern Wasco county.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindClarno-North Pole Ridge RAWS site measured 59 mph gust with thunderstorm.
August 2010HailPine Grove-Hail up to quarter size nearly covered the ground.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPine Grove-Branches up to 4 inches in diameter downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMaupin-Tree branches downed from winds estimated over 50 mph.
August 2008HailAntelope-Large hail was accompanied by heavy rainfall.
January 2006FloodMoody-Deschutes River at Moody fell below flood stage at 0700.
July 2002WildfireMaupin-The White River Fire, sparked by lightning, consumed 28,500 acres and four structures. The fire temporarily closed Highway 216.
June 1998Heavy RainThe Dalles-A thunderstorm that moved through The Dalles dumped up to 0.67 inches of rain in 20 minutes, knocked out power, and caused some flooding problems. The wind blew trees and tree limbs onto power lines causing power outages to much of the east side of town. Heavy rain caused minor street flooding, flooding of basements and businesses, and caused manhole covers to come loose. Rock slides were reported along hillsides. Pea sized hail was also reported.
June 2020HailSimnasho-no account filed
July 2014HailFoley Butte-no account filed
July 2014HailBear Spgs-no account filed
July 2014HailFivemile Butte-no account filed
August 2014HailBear Spgs-no account filed
August 2013HailDant-no account filed
April 2012HailClarno-no account filed
May 2006HailMaupin-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWamic-no account filed
July 2002HailWamic-no account filed
May 2001WildfireMaupin-no account filed
October 1999WildfireMaupin-no account filed
July 1998WildfireSimnasho-no account filed
July 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
July 1987Hailnot stated-no account filed
July 1983Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
May 1970Tornado (F0)not stated-no account filed
May 1958Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed

Mines and quarries

217 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 217 workings inside this county. 88 still produce and 129 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone82
Stone, Crushed/Broken81
Sand and Gravel, Construction35
Perlite6
Stone, Dimension5
Geothermal3
Manganese2
Pumice1
Clay1
Aluminum, Contained or Metal1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) the Dalles Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Douthit PitClayProducer
Mcnamee PitPumiceProducer
Axford RanchManganeseOccurrence
Axford RanchManganeseOccurrence
J. Sandoz WellGeothermalProducer
Kah-Nee-Ta Warm SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
M. Martin WellGeothermalProducer
Indian Candy Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Indian Candy Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Pine GroveStone, DimensionPast Producer
Pine GroveStone, DimensionProducer
Rainbow QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Axford HuntPerliteOccurrence
Axford-Hunt Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Lady FrancisPerlitePast Producer
Lady Francis MinePerlitePast Producer
SimnashoPerliteOccurrence
Simnasho Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Antelope Rock ProductSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Douthit PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fulton PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fulton PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Justesen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Justesen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
MaySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
May PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mosier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mosier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Skyles PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Skyles PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Slaughter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Slaughter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tygh Valley Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tygh Valley Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alkali Trap RockStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Antelope Rock Products PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barnett PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boule PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brown PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Byzantine Gulch PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cove Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cow Canyon PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crawford PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Davis & Neil PropertyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dickinson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dulling PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
EddinsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Flannagan PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Foley Lakes PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Green Lakes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harvey PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harvey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Helyer PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hillgen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jakey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Justesen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Keo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Magill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marsh PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Martin PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Maupin PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
McnameeStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Metzentine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mosier PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mosier Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mp 61.8 ShanikoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mp 62.2 Criterion SummitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oades ItStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oades PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Obrist PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perkins PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pine GroveStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schmidt PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Seven Mile Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shady Brook PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shaniko Rock Products PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shaniko Rock Products PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Snodgass PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sorenson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sun Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tygh Ridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tygh Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tygh Valley Rock Products PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Underhill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Underhill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unjnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Van Orman PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ward PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Warm Spring QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
White River PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williams PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alkali TraprockStonePast Producer
BarnettStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
BouleStonePast Producer
BrownStonePast Producer
Byzantine GulchStonePast Producer
CoveStonePast Producer
Cow CanyonStonePast Producer
CrawfordStonePast Producer
Davis & Neil PropertyStonePast Producer
DickinsonStonePast Producer
DullingStonePast Producer
EddinsStonePast Producer
FlannaganStonePast Producer
Foley LakesStonePast Producer
Green Lakes QuarryStonePast Producer
HarveyStonePast Producer
Harvey QuarryStonePast Producer
HelyerStonePast Producer
HillgenStonePast Producer
Jakey QuarryStonePast Producer
JustesenStonePast Producer
Kah Nee Ta Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Kah Nee Ta Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Keo QuarryStonePast Producer
MagillStonePast Producer
MarshStonePast Producer
MartinStonePast Producer
MaupinStonePast Producer
Metzentine QuarryStonePast Producer
MosierStonePast Producer
Mosier Quarry and PlantStonePast Producer
Mp 61.8 ShanikoStonePast Producer
Mp 62.2 Criterion SummitStonePast Producer
OadesStonePast Producer
OadesStonePast Producer
ObristStonePast Producer
PerkinsStonePast Producer
Pine GroveStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Rainbow QuarryStonePast Producer
SchmidtStonePast Producer
Seven Mile Hill QuarryStonePast Producer
Shady Brook QuarryStonePast Producer
Shaniko Rock ProductStonePast Producer
Shaniko Rock ProductStonePast Producer
SnodgassStonePast Producer
Sorenson QuarryStonePast Producer
Sun Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Tygh Ridge QuarryStonePast Producer
Tygh Valley QuarrypitStonePast Producer
Tygh Valley Rock ProductStonePast Producer
UnderhillStonePast Producer
UnderhillStonePast Producer
Van OrmanStonePast Producer
WardStonePast Producer
Warm Spring QuarryStonePast Producer
White RiverStonePast Producer
WilliamsStonePast Producer

Every populated place in the county

32

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.

The vanished settlements of Wasco County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

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.