Dilley, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Forest Grove-Cornelius census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97116. It stands on Dilley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laurelwood quadrangle. 301 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 197 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1941 USGS Yamhill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Yamhill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Laurelwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Dilley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 126 acres | Forest Grove Unit | POWERLINE ROAD MUTUAL AID |
| 25 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Forest Grove District | NELSON COVE |
| 19 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NL210 RD POSITIVE STRIKE |
| 7 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLSON RD #1 |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTHFORK CARPENTER CR R |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Forest Grove District | 1S4W BURN |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Forest Grove District | TANNER CREEK FIRE |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Forest Grove District | GALES PEAK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Dilley: 14 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Grove Clay Products Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Forest Grove Clay Products Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Carpenter Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hergert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Laurelwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Otto Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Plant #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dilley in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2015: 10 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Flood | Dilley | 1 killed, $2,300,000 | The Tualatin River near Dilley flooded, causing flood damage to homes in the area and leaving some roads impassable. Old Hwy. 47 and Hwy. 47 were closed temporarily due to combined flooding of a couple creeks with the Tualatin River. Near the area, a 54 year old male drown in Hedges Creek, a tributary of the Tualatin River. NOTE: Damage estimates are for the entire county of Washington. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Dilley | $2,342,000 | Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Tualatin River near Dilly, and of many small creeks between Beaverton and Gaston. Around 50 homes sustained flood damage and many roads were closed including Highway 217 in Beaverton (during the evening commute). |
| December 2015 | Flood | Dilley | $283,000 | Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Tualatin River near Dilley. High water flooded local businesses and residences. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Dilley | $141,000 | The Tualatin River flooded near Farmington and Dilley. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Dilley | - | Heavy rain caused the Tualatin River at Dilley to overflow its banks causing flooding to surrounding areas. The Tualatin River crested at 17.6 feet on March 30th at 2 pm PST, 0.1 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Dilley | - | Heavy rain caused the Tualatin River near Dilley to spill over its banks which caused some flooding on rural roads and farm land. |
| December 2006 | Flood | Dilley | - | The Tualatin River at Dilley crested at 17.6 feet on the 15th; flood stage for this river is 17.5 feet. |
| January 2006 | Flood | Dilley | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Flood | Dilley | - | no account filed |
| December 2005 | Flood | Dilley | - | 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.
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 Dilley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5276881 | 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 1166645. 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.







