Dallas, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97338. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle. 16,854 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 325 feet above sea level.
On record in Dallas
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 4 records
Dallas Cinemalisted 2022
A.K. Wilson Buildinglisted 1998- Dallas Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2024
- Dallas Tannerylisted 1980
Population over time
3 figuresDallas grew from 12,459 to 16,854 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,459 | |
| 2010 | 14,583 | +2,124 (+17%) |
| 2020 | 16,854 | +2,271 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1942 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Dallas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HIDDEN RANCH 2 |
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WESTON ROAD |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MOUNT PISGAH |
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dallas Unit | MCBEE RD. |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Dallas Unit | PIONEER ROAD |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge | EAST BASKETT SLOUGH |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dallas Unit | COOPER HOLLOW |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dallas Unit | ORCHARD KNOB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Dallas: 16 past producers, 11 producers, 4 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dallas Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | Hausmannite | |
| Dallas Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| Kingwell & Mc Manners Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Lime Products Co | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Lime Products Co. Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Oregon Portland Cement Co | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon Portland Cement Co. | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Rickreall Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dallas in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2007 | Heavy Rain | Dallas | - | A total accumulation of 1.91 inches was reported at Rockhouse RAWS. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dallas | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellendale | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fir Villa | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bowersville (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Oakdale | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rickreall | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cochrane (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ferns (historical) | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bridgeport | 6.1 miles | 12 |
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 Dallas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q630985 | 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 1162930. 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.








