Arlington, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97812. It lies near Alkali Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle. 628 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 285 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresArlington grew from 524 to 628 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 524 | |
| 2010 | 586 | +62 (+12%) |
| 2020 | 628 | +42 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1916 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Arlington between 2005 and 2020, burning about 7,017 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Spokane District | HWY 14 MP130 |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.3 acres | Spokane District | COYOTE |
| 23 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,400 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WOOD GULCH |
| 14 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 500 acres | North Gilliam County Rural Fire Protection District | 0410 RN |
| 13 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,107 acres | Prineville District | 0461 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Arlington: 11 past producers, 10 producers, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Arlington Relocation Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old Airport Road Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old State Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Arlington Relocation Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Arlington Rock Products | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mistake Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Old Airport Road Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Old State Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Airport Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy (historical) | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Montague (historical) | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Creek | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Olex | 15.3 miles | 11 | |
| Quinook (historical) | 15.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mikkalo | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Clem | 20.4 miles | 11 | |
| Alville (historical) | 29.9 miles | 11 |
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 Arlington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2140579 | 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 1167692. 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.





