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Columbia City, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Helens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97018. It stands on Harrie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deer Island quadrangle. 1,949 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 71 feet above sea level.

Columbia City within Columbia County

On record in Columbia City

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Columbia City grew from 1,946 to 1,949 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,946
20201,949+3 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Columbia City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitSMITH ROAD #1
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPITTSBURG/GENSMAN ROADS
3 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresColumbia City UnitPITTSBURG RD.
3 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColumbia City UnitHANKEY ROAD #1
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD PORTLAND/KASTER#3
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitSYKES ROAD #2
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDART CREEK ROAD #1
25 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBRINN ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Columbia City: 20 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia County Bauxite DepositsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProspect1944
Happy HollowAluminum, IronOccurrence
Maple Hill IronIronOccurrence
Marshall FarmAluminum, IronOccurrence
B and S Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Columbia CountyStonePast Producer
Columbia CountyStonePast Producer
Columbia CountyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dwight IrbyStonePast Producer
Dwight IrbyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Saint Helens1.8 miles18
Columbia Heights2.5 miles18
West Saint Helens2.5 miles18
Deer Island3.4 miles18
McNulty3.9 miles18
Bachelor Flat (historical)4.3 miles18
Yankton4.5 miles17
Warren5.4 miles18

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 Columbia CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1965608The 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 1637838. 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.