Dixie, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the North Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97056. The Survey maps it on the Meacham Corner quadrangle. It stands 1,644 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Gales Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Forest Grove quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Meacham Corner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Dixie (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PISGAH HOME RD. #1 |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | DIXIE MTN CAR FIRE |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FERN FLAT POWERLINE FIRE |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OTTO MILLER ROAD #1 |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | DAIRY CREEK BURN |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Forest Grove District | BRUNSWICK CANYON FIRE |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GREENER ROAD FIRE |
| 27 September 2009 | Other causes | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | HOLADAY RD. #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Dixie (historical): 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Titanium, Iron, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Pumpkin Ridge | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Gibbsite, Limonite | |
| Washington-Multnomah Area | Aluminum, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1944 | |
| Bauxite Dixie Mt | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Bauxite Red Flat Hill | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Luck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nelson | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dixie Mountain Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ironcrest Iron | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacona | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mountaindale | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Glencoe | 9.0 miles | 24 | |
| Davies Junction | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| North Plains | 9.2 miles | 24 | |
| Manning | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Banks | 9.6 miles | 18 | |
| Wilkesboro | 9.7 miles | 18 |
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 Dixie (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5284795 | 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 1130235. 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.







