Cloverdale, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Tumalo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97759. The Survey maps it on the Henkle Butte quadrangle. It stands 3,084 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1926 USGS Bend quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Bend quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Henkle Butte quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
293 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 293 fires within 5 miles of Cloverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,298 acres in total. 130 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 130 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 1141 |
| 9 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sisters Unit | ROASTED SQUIRREL #2 |
| 8 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0885 |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COIDC 0884 |
| 7 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Sisters Unit | LAKE DRIVE |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sisters Unit | TROUT |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0890 |
| 5 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CLOVERDALE RD 1095 |
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 Cloverdale: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrus Farms | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cyrus Farms Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Arpke | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arpke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fryrear | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fryrear Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sisters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sisters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloverdale in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Cloverdale | - | Via a public report, 1.5 inch hailstones fell 6 miles SE of Sisters at 1857 PDT, with the public report explaining damage had occurred to a vehicle. Via a public report from social media, hail stones up to 1 inch in size fell 5 miles ESE of Sisters at 1900 PDT. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Cloverdale | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to 1 inch in diameter at the Cloverdale Fire Station, 5 miles SE of Sisters in Deschutes county. Heavy rain also caused flooding of the parking lot associated with the station. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cloverdale | - | Measured 2.00 inch hail occurred 3 miles E of Sisters in Deschutes county. Report was from a public post on television station KTVZ Facebook page. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloverdale | - | Six miles southeast of the town of Sisters, OR spotter reported winds between 60 and 70 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisters | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lower Bridge (historical) | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cline Falls (historical) | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Tumalo | 11.7 miles | 16 | |
| Black Butte Ranch | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Deschutes | 14.0 miles | 16 | |
| Redmond | 14.8 miles | 16 | |
| Terrebonne | 15.2 miles | 16 |
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 Cloverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5135924 | 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 1139855. 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.






