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Estacada, Oregon

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97023. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Estacada quadrangle. 4,356 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 426 feet above sea level.

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Estacada within Clackamas County

On record in Estacada

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Estacada grew from 2,371 to 4,356 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20002,371
20102,695+324 (+14%)
20204,356+1,661 (+62%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Estacada between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,606 acres in total. 2 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 burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Fireworks5
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
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
9 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitDAY HILL
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLILIAN LN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,508 acresMolalla UnitDOWTY RD
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNURSERY PILE
5 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitLINDE #2
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMolalla UnitMOSSY HILL
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTRASH FIRE
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictGOAT MTN TOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Estacada: 26 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Bauxite DepositClayOccurrence
Ferruginous Bauxite DepositAluminum, Iron, TitaniumProspect
Red Rock Pit 7511 TrsStone, DimensionUnknown
Estacada Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
South Eagle PitStonePast Producer
U S Forest Service-South EagleStonePast Producer
Unknown 5StonePast Producer
Estacada Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fishcreek Turn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Goodfellow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas County

Storms near this place

16 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Estacada in 16 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 12 flood, 3 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2009FloodEstacada1 killed, $250,000Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Clackamas river to overflow its banks and floods areas near Estacada. Flood waters submerged 11 pumps in the waste water treatment plant in Estacada. The water water treatment plant was out of commission for 2 weeks. Significant flood damage also occurred to the Estacada library.
December 2015FloodEstacada$381,000Flooding of Johnson Creek and of the Clackamas River resulted in significant damage to businesses, homes, and vehicles in Milwuakie, Clackamas, Boring, Lake Oswego, and Happy Valley. Around 50 homes were evacuated and eight people were rescued. High water and debris flow closed several roads in the area.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEstacada$1,200NWS Storm Survey visited a site with extensive damage most likely the result straight-line thunderstorm winds. Numerous large tree branches ranging in diameter of 10 to 16 inches snapped off of several trees. The wind speed is estimated from damage in a nearby county under similar conditions.
January 2021FloodEstacada-The Clackamas River near Estacada (ESTO3) rose above flood stage at 0445PST, crested at 21.3 feet, then fell below flood stage at 1345PST. Flood stage is 20.0 feet.
December 2014FloodEstacada-The Clackamas River near Estacada reached flood stage of 20 feet at 830 AM PST on December 21st. The river crested at 20.27 feet at 1030 AM on December 21st, before dropping below flood stage at 2 pm.
November 2014Heavy RainEstacada-The Oregon Department of Transportation reported land and mud slides near Estacada, Oregon after 2 inches of rain fell over the past week. These slides closed Higway 226 near milepost 36 for several of days.
March 2012FloodEstacada-Heavy rain caused the Clackamas River at Estacada to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. The Clackamas River crested at 20.6 feet on March 30th at 5 pm PST, 0.6 feet above flood stage.
January 2011FloodEstacada-Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff resulting in the flooding of the Clackamas River. The Clackamas River at Estacada crested at 24.0 feet on January 16th at 22:00 PST.
January 2007Heavy RainEstacada-A total accumulation of 3.01 inches was reported at Wanderers Peak RAWS.
December 2007FloodEstacada-The Clackamas river flooded near Estacada, causing only minor lowland flooding.
January 2007FloodEstacada-The Clackamas River near Estacada crested at 20.2 feet on January 3rd. Flood stage for this river is 20.0 feet.
December 2006FloodEstacada-The Clackamas River near Estacada crested at 21.7 feet on the 14th; flood stage for this river is 20.0 feet.
November 2006Heavy RainEstacada-Recorded a 5-day total of 7.9 inches at Three Lynx.
November 2006FloodEstacada-The Clackamas River near Estacada crested at 22.3 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 20.0 feet.
January 2006FloodEstacada-no account filed
December 2005FloodEstacada-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clackamas 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
Currinsville1.8 miles25
Tracy2.4 miles25
Springwater2.7 miles25
Garfield (historical)3.0 miles25
Paradise Park3.3 miles25
Douglass Ridge4.0 miles25
Viola4.1 miles25
North Highland4.7 miles25

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 EstacadaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2372438The 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 1136271. 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.