Dant, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dufur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97037. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dant quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1930 USGS Dufur quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Dufur quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Dant between 1992 and 2019, burning about 67,718 acres in total. 12 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prineville District | ACCESS RD |
| 4 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prineville District | PIPELINE |
| 26 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | RIPPLEBROOK |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Prineville District | 0974 LOCKED GATE |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | ABC MISC |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | NE MUTTON |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 51,384 acres | Prineville District | 0655 RAZOR BACK EAST |
| 20 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Prineville District | 0522 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dant: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Perlite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Axford Hunt | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Axford-Hunt Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Lady Francis | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Lady Francis Mine | Perlite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dant in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Hail | Dant | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criterion (historical) | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wapinitia | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| East Maupin | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Maupin | 9.6 miles | 14 | |
| Simnasho | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Grove | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| Tygh Valley | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bakeoven | 14.9 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q19461269 | 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 1637839. 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.






