Dodson, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Corbett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97014. It stands on Tumalt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Multnomah Falls quadrangle. It stands 108 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bridal Veil quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Multnomah Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Multnomah Falls quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Dodson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 786 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pacific Cascade Region-DNR | STONEHORSE |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 260 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ARCHER MOUNTAIN |
| 4 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EVERGREEN |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KUFFLER |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | AINSWORTH |
| 28 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MILEPOST 31 |
| 27 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | DODSON |
| 26 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | ONEONTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dodson: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bonneville Dam | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dodson Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bonneville Dam | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dodson Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dodson in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 2 debris flow, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Debris Flow | Dodson | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $35,000 | Multiple landslides and debris flow were triggered by heavy rain near Dodson between 0000PST and 0300PST. About 25 homes in the area were evacuated. One motorist was swept away by the debris flow near the intersection of NE Frontage Road and the Ainsworth State Park exit off I-84. |
| January 2022 | Debris Flow | Dodson | $3,500 | A debris flow from the Tumalt Creek drainage blocked all lanes of I-84, a major transportation corridor between western and eastern Oregon. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Dodson | - | Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Sandy River to overflow its banks and cause flooding of low-lying areas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrendale | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bonneville | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bridal Veil | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Latourell | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Corbett | 14.5 miles | 24 | |
| Springdale | 16.7 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasant Home | 18.7 miles | 26 | |
| Troutdale | 19.2 miles | 24 |
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 Dodson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5288012 | 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 1167702. 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.







