Cherry Grove, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Coast Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97119. It stands on Roaring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gaston quadrangle. 503 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
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
- 1956 USGS Gaston 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
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 126 acres | Forest Grove Unit | POWERLINE ROAD MUTUAL AID |
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MARSHALL ROAD TREE FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Other causes | 2.8 acres | Forest Grove District | TURNER CREEK FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | SOUTH ROAD FIRE |
| 25 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Forest Grove District | NELSON COVE |
| 24 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Forest Grove District | PLEASANT SMITH BARN FIRE |
| 22 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.3 acres | Forest Grove District | SECTION 2 FIRE |
| 20 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | NO NAME ROAD SLASH |
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 Cherry Grove: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoggins Dam Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Scoggins Dam | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Vaandering Crushed Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Vandering Crushed Rock | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patton | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Gaston | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dilley | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Watts | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Carnation | 8.5 miles | 18 | |
| Forest Grove | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Laurelwood | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Gales Creek | 9.7 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 Cherry Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3273907 | 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 1162897. 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.







