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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.

Dodson within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

75 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Other causes3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRSTONEHORSE
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined260 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersARCHER MOUNTAIN
4 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEVERGREEN
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKUFFLER
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaAINSWORTH
28 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILEPOST 31
27 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDODSON
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaONEONTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamilton Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bonneville DamStonePast Producer
Dodson SiteStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Bonneville DamStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dodson SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2021Debris FlowDodson1 killed, 1 hurt, $35,000Multiple 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 2022Debris FlowDodson$3,500A debris flow from the Tumalt Creek drainage blocked all lanes of I-84, a major transportation corridor between western and eastern Oregon.
January 2009FloodDodson-Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Sandy River to overflow its banks and cause flooding of low-lying areas.

Every storm recorded in Multnomah 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
Warrendale1.2 miles16
Bonneville4.9 miles14
Bridal Veil8.1 miles16
Latourell10.8 miles16
Corbett14.5 miles24
Springdale16.7 miles24
Pleasant Home18.7 miles26
Troutdale19.2 miles24

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 DodsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5288012The 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.