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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.

Dilley within Washington County

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

18 since 1992

Regional 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 use5
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined126 acresForest Grove UnitPOWERLINE ROAD MUTUAL AID
25 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreForest Grove DistrictNELSON COVE
19 September 2020Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNL210 RD POSITIVE STRIKE
7 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLSON RD #1
7 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTHFORK CARPENTER CR R
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreForest Grove District1S4W BURN
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreForest Grove DistrictTANNER CREEK FIRE
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreForest Grove DistrictGALES PEAK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Forest Grove Clay Products CoClayPast Producer
Forest Grove Clay Products Co.ClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carpenter Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hergert QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Laurelwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Otto Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

10 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2007FloodDilley1 killed, $2,300,000The 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 2015FloodDilley$2,342,000Heavy 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 2015FloodDilley$283,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Tualatin River near Dilley. High water flooded local businesses and residences.
December 2015FloodDilley$141,000The Tualatin River flooded near Farmington and Dilley.
March 2012FloodDilley-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 2009FloodDilley-Heavy rain caused the Tualatin River near Dilley to spill over its banks which caused some flooding on rural roads and farm land.
December 2006FloodDilley-The Tualatin River at Dilley crested at 17.6 feet on the 15th; flood stage for this river is 17.5 feet.
January 2006FloodDilley-no account filed
January 2006FloodDilley-no account filed
December 2005FloodDilley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Carnation1.6 miles18
Forest Grove2.1 miles18
Patton3.2 miles16
Blooming3.8 miles17
Gaston3.9 miles16
Cornelius3.9 miles18
Watts4.2 miles17
Verboort4.5 miles18

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 DilleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5276881The 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.