Dexter, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lowell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97431. It lies near Parvin Butte. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle. 893 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
On record in Dexter
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 1 record
Parvin Bridgelisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Oakridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Dexter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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 burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | EAGLES ROCK |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | ANTHONY CREEK |
| 5 September 1992 | Other causes | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | JACOBY MOUNTAIN |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FALL CREEK DAM |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ENTERPRISE ROAD |
| 4 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.4 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | HAROLDS |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BOULDER CREEK |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 58 HOUSE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dexter: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder Ranch Arsenic | Arsenic | Occurrence | Realgar | |
| Snyder Ranch Arsenic | Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Weather's Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weather's Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fall Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fall Creek Qurry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Little Fall Creek | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Little Fall Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dexter in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Hail | Dexter | - | The Skywarn Spotter reported large stones, around the size of walnuts, which fell for several minutes with no accumulation. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Trent | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fall Creek | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Unity | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Winberry | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Jasper | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cloverdale | 7.7 miles | 14 |
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 Dexter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478009 | 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 1119916. 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.






