Chenoweth, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in The Dalles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97058. It stands on Badger Creek. The Survey maps it on The Dalles North quadrangle. 1,975 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 443 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChenoweth grew from 1,855 to 1,975 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 | 1,855 | |
| 2020 | 1,975 | +120 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS The Dalles North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS The Dalles North quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS The Dalles North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Chenoweth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,271 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Fireworks | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | SHOOTING RANGE |
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | RIVER RD |
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SEVENMILE 2 |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | GOLF COURSE |
| 5 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | RICHARD RD. |
| 30 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | BROWNS CREEK |
| 30 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | CHENOWITH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Chenoweth: 27 past producers, 20 producers, 1 plant. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) the Dalles Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Douthit Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| J. Sandoz Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Foley Lakes | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Foley Lakes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harvey | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Harvey Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harvey Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Harvey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marsh | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Heights | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ortley | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rowena | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| The Dalles | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mosier | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Endersby | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| English (historical) | 12.4 miles | 15 |
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 Chenoweth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2183142 | 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 1129791. 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.








