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Carlton, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Carlton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97111. The Survey maps it on the Carlton quadrangle. 2,220 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 197 feet above sea level.

Carlton within Yamhill County

On record in Carlton

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

Population over time

2 figures

Carlton grew from 2,007 to 2,220 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
20102,007
20202,220+213 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Carlton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 90 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
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
6 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGUNCLUB RD. FIRE
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWESTSIDE DITCH FIRE
3 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROCKYFORD RD FIRE
27 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresForest Grove DistrictROCKYFORD FIRE
21 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresForest Grove DistrictMEADOWLAKE ROAD FIRE
2 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMEADOWLAKE GRASS FIRE
9 August 2008Other causesunder an acreForest Grove DistrictFOOTHILLS RD FIRE
6 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD RR GRADE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yamhill 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 Carlton: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Aluminum, Aluminum. 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
Bauxite YamhillIron, Titanium, Metal, AluminumOccurrence
Yamhill Bauxite DepositAluminum, Titanium, IronProspect
Carpenter Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carpenter Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Pekkola QuarryStonePast Producer
Pekkola QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Sohrweild QuarryStonePast Producer
Sohrweild QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yamhill 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
Yamhill3.3 miles16
Lunnville3.9 miles16
Saint Joseph4.2 miles21
Lafayette4.8 miles22
Cove Orchard5.7 miles16
McMinnville5.9 miles21
Dayton7.4 miles22
Dewey (historical)7.4 miles17

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 CarltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q932375The 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 1162876. 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.