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Bonneville, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Corbett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97014. It lies near Robins Island. The Survey maps it on the Bonneville Dam quadrangle. It stands 52 feet above sea level.

Bonneville within Multnomah County

On record in Bonneville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Bonneville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74,426 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 were 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
Recreation and ceremony28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking10
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFORT RAINS
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaTENAS CAMP
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaLOWER PUNCH BOWL
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic Area2020
4 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEVERGREEN
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaAINSWORTH
27 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDODSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Bonneville: 11 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Geothermal. 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
Moffett's Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Bonneville DamStonePast Producer
Dodson SiteStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
Blue Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamilton Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Keller Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bonneville DamStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonneville in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 3 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2018Debris FlowBonneville-Rain falling on the Eagle Creek burn scar caused a landslide that blocked exit 41 on I-84 for several days.
January 2007Heavy RainBonneville-A total accumulation of 2.10 inches was reported at Bonneville Dam.
December 2007Heavy RainBonneville-Storm total precipitation was 5.50 inches.
November 2006Heavy RainBonneville-Recorded a 5-day total of 10.4 inches at Bonneville Dam.
April 2001HailBonneville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Multnomah 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
Warrendale3.7 miles16
Dodson4.9 miles16
Bridal Veil13.0 miles16
Latourell15.7 miles16
Corbett19.4 miles24
Springdale21.6 miles24
Pleasant Home23.6 miles26
Troutdale24.0 miles24

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 BonnevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3710387The 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 1138422. 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.