BlockCherryville, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97055. It lies near Lenhart Butte. The Survey maps it on the Cherryville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Estacada quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cherryville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Cherryville quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Cherryville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Cherryville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Molalla Unit | HWY 26 FIRE |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Molalla Unit | DUSTY LANE #1 |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | OLD MAN FIRE |
| 24 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | BRIAN RANCH RD |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | SHORTY GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | TROUT FARM PILE #1 |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | HAGER PILE |
| 20 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DOWLING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cherryville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State Highway Division 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherryville in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Cherryville | $50,000 | A brief, weak tornado occurred on Saturday evening northeast of Cherryville, OR. Video confirmation was obtained, as well as a storm damage survey. It did cause damage to trees, powerlines, a vehicle, one residence, and small outbuildings. Estimated wind speeds of 75 to 85 mph which rates this tornado as EF-0. |
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.
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 Cherryville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5092554 | 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 1139605. 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.