Ashwood, Oregon
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ashwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97711. It lies near Slaughterhouse Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Ashwood quadrangle. It stands 2,526 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ashwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Stephenson Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ashwood between 1999 and 2020, burning about 543 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | I 749 |
| 24 August 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Prineville District | 0560 |
| 10 August 1999 | Natural | 187 acres | Prineville Unit | LITTLE WHETSTONE |
| 3 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Prineville District | COBY |
| 26 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 307 acres | Central Oregon Rangeland Protection Association | PINE CREEK 0480 RN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Ashwood: 7 occurrences, 5 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axehandle Mine | Mercury, Gold, Arsenic, Antimony | Producer | 1936, 1937 | |
| Oregon King Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1898, 1899 | |
| Oregon King Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Plant | 1898 | |
| Red Jacket | Mercury, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Stibnite | |
| Red Jacket Mine | Mercury, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony | Prospect | ||
| Roy Mining Property | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | 1900 | |
| Roy Mining Property | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Swanson Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Swanson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashwood in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2012: 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Ashwood | - | Heavy rainfall accompanied by small hail and wind gust to 30 mph. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashwood | - | Numerous 8 inch diameter tree branches downed. Wind along with dime size hail damaged grass and alfalfa crop. Rainfall of 1.50 inch in 20 minutes caused extensive runoff which damaged fences and farm road. |
| May 1998 | Heavy Rain | Ashwood | - | 1.50 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Ashwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Ashwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Ashwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axehandle (historical) | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Donnybrook (historical) | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Kilts | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Willowdale | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Horseheaven | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gateway | 17.6 miles | 13 | |
| Grizzly | 18.5 miles | 10 | |
| Madras | 21.0 miles | 14 |
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 Ashwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474010 | 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 1117066. 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.




