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Deschutes River Woods, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97702. The Survey maps it on the Lava Butte quadrangle. 5,532 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,921 feet above sea level.

Deschutes River Woods within Deschutes County

Population over time

3 figures

Deschutes River Woods grew from 4,631 to 5,532 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.

YearPeople Change
20004,631
20105,077+446 (+10%)
20205,532+455 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

700 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 700 fires within 5 miles of Deschutes River Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,095 acres in total. 85 started naturally. 33 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
Recreation and ceremony376
Natural85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Smoking46
Debris and open burning41
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Equipment and vehicle use14
Fireworks12
Other causes6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSCALEHOUSE 1150
9 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeschutes National Forest0804
9 September 2002Smokingunder an acreSisters UnitSKYLINERS
9 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeschutes National Forestnot named
9 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSisters UnitSCALEHOUSE #2
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1124 NW
8 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1224
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1316

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deschutes County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Deschutes River Woods: 40 past producers, 23 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Pumice-Cinders PitStone, Crushed/Broken, PumicePast Producer
Site #1StonePast Producer
Site #3StonePast Producer
Stie #2StonePast Producer
Bachelor Rock RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jones CinderStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lava Butte Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Red Butte # 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Red Butte #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Deschutes 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
Bend5.1 miles19
Sunriver8.6 miles14
Tumalo11.0 miles16
Deschutes12.6 miles16
Three Rivers13.2 miles15
Alfalfa19.0 miles15
Cline Falls (historical)20.2 miles16
Cloverdale21.3 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 Deschutes River WoodsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2220438The 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 1867472. 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.