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Dee, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97031. It stands on Birdie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dee quadrangle. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Dee within Hood River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Dee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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 burning24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking12
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreThe Dalles UnitMILLER RD
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreThe Dalles UnitDUKE POINT
7 September 2014Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKINGSLEY ROAD
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreThe Dalles UnitBAILEY RD
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreThe Dalles UnitDITCH CREEK
4 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreThe Dalles UnitTROUT CREEK RIDGE
4 September 1995Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitPUNCH BOWL FALLS
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreThe Dalles UnitGRAHAM CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hood River County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Dee: 8 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dukes Valley QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trout Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trout Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
DeeStonePast Producer
Dee PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dukes Valley QuarryStonePast Producer
Dukes Valley QuarryStoneProducer
Dukes Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hood River County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dee in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2007: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2007Heavy RainDee-Storm total precipitation was 5.17 inches at the Middle Mountain RAWS.
December 2007Heavy RainDee-Storm total precipitation was 4.96 inches.
November 2006Heavy RainDee-Recorded a 5-day total of 8.1 inches.

Every storm recorded in Hood River 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
Mount Hood4.6 miles16
Parkdale5.0 miles16
Odell5.2 miles17
Oak Grove5.5 miles17
Lenz6.1 miles17
Rockford7.3 miles17
Pine Grove7.5 miles17
Hood River9.8 miles17

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 DeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3710391The 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 1140779. 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.