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Alpine, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Southeast Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97456. It stands on Hawley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle. 164 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 308 feet above sea level.

Alpine within Benton County

Population over time

2 figures

Alpine fell from 171 to 164 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.

YearPeople Change
2010171
2020164-7 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2014Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBELLFOUNTAIN
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePhilomath UnitDAWSON ROAD
6 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBRUCE RD FIRE
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWOODHALL STRIKE
23 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acrePhilomath UnitCHERRY CREEK
18 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acrePhilomath UnitHAMMER CR.
16 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFERGIE
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePhilomath UnitPARK RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Alpine: 18 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Monroe Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Melvin BeckerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Melvin Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rex PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rex PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Monroe Sandstone QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bellfountain2.3 miles19
Glenbrook2.7 miles17
Monroe3.6 miles19
Dry Creek12.9 miles23
Alsea13.0 miles12
Philomath14.5 miles23
Flynn14.6 miles19
Noon15.0 miles19

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 AlpineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3459564The 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 1116891. 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.