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Blodgett, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97326. It stands on Norton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marys Peak quadrangle. 42 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.

Blodgett within Benton County

Population over time

2 figures

Blodgett fell from 58 to 42 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
201058
202042-16 (-28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Blodgett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2002Smokingunder an acrePhilomath UnitMCCULLOUGH ROAD
25 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acrePhilomath UnitWREN BARREL
24 September 1994Smokingunder an acrePhilomath UnitWOODS CREEK RD. #1
19 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPhilomath UnitPRIEST ROAD
18 September 1992Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresPhilomath UnitLASKY CRK
14 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePhilomath UnitSHROYER RIDGE
9 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePhilomath UnitDEVITT POWER
9 August 1998Debris and open burning1.9 acresPhilomath UnitSHROYER RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Blodgett: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, 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
Hardrock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Point West QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reed Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hard Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Hard Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Hardrock QuarryStonePast Producer
Point WestStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Reed Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer

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
Alder1.2 miles13
Harris3.4 miles19
Peak (historical)3.7 miles13
Summit4.2 miles12
Wren4.9 miles19
Hoskins6.1 miles19
Noon7.4 miles19
Flynn8.0 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 BlodgettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3710401The 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 1138266. 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.