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.
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
Bonneville Dam Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1986
Bonneville Dam Historic District (Boundary Increase)National Historic Landmark · listed 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Bonneville Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bonneville Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Bonneville Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FORT RAINS |
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | TENAS CAMP |
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | LOWER PUNCH BOWL |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | 2020 |
| 4 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EVERGREEN |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | AINSWORTH |
| 27 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | DODSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moffett's Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Bonneville Dam | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dodson Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Keller Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bonneville Dam | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Debris Flow | Bonneville | - | Rain falling on the Eagle Creek burn scar caused a landslide that blocked exit 41 on I-84 for several days. |
| January 2007 | Heavy Rain | Bonneville | - | A total accumulation of 2.10 inches was reported at Bonneville Dam. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Bonneville | - | Storm total precipitation was 5.50 inches. |
| November 2006 | Heavy Rain | Bonneville | - | Recorded a 5-day total of 10.4 inches at Bonneville Dam. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Bonneville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrendale | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Dodson | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bridal Veil | 13.0 miles | 16 | |
| Latourell | 15.7 miles | 16 | |
| Corbett | 19.4 miles | 24 | |
| Springdale | 21.6 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasant Home | 23.6 miles | 26 | |
| Troutdale | 24.0 miles | 24 |
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 Bonneville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3710387 | 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 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.








