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.
Population over time
3 figuresDeschutes 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,631 | |
| 2010 | 5,077 | +446 (+10%) |
| 2020 | 5,532 | +455 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1931 USGS Newberry Crater quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Newberry Crater quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lava Butte quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS La Pine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
700 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 376 |
| Natural | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Smoking | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SCALEHOUSE 1150 |
| 9 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0804 |
| 9 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Sisters Unit | SKYLINERS |
| 9 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | not named |
| 9 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sisters Unit | SCALEHOUSE #2 |
| 8 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 1124 NW |
| 8 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 1224 |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 1316 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumice-Cinders Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Site #1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Site #3 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Stie #2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bachelor Rock Road | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Cinder | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lava Butte Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Red Butte # 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Red Butte #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bend | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sunriver | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tumalo | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Deschutes | 12.6 miles | 16 | |
| Three Rivers | 13.2 miles | 15 | |
| Alfalfa | 19.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cline Falls (historical) | 20.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cloverdale | 21.3 miles | 17 |
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 Woods | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2220438 | 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 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.







