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.
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
Carlton State and Savings Banklisted 1988
John B. Wennerberg Barnlisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresCarlton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,007 | |
| 2020 | 2,220 | +213 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Yamhill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Yamhill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Carlton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional 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 use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GUNCLUB RD. FIRE |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WESTSIDE DITCH FIRE |
| 3 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROCKYFORD RD FIRE |
| 27 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Forest Grove District | ROCKYFORD FIRE |
| 21 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Forest Grove District | MEADOWLAKE ROAD FIRE |
| 2 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MEADOWLAKE GRASS FIRE |
| 9 August 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Forest Grove District | FOOTHILLS RD FIRE |
| 6 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD RR GRADE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Yamhill | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Yamhill Bauxite Deposit | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Carpenter Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Carpenter Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pekkola Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pekkola Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sohrweild Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sohrweild Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamhill | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lunnville | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Joseph | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Lafayette | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Cove Orchard | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| McMinnville | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Dayton | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Dewey (historical) | 7.4 miles | 17 |
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 Carlton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q932375 | 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 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.







