Fort Hill Census Designated Place, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Willamina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97396. It lies near Fort Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grand Ronde quadrangle. 154 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresFort Hill Census Designated Place grew from 129 to 154 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 129 | |
| 2020 | 154 | +25 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1942 USGS Spirit Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Ronde quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Grand Ronde quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Fort Hill Census Designated Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 3 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 | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dallas Unit | MYSTERY FIRE |
| 4 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Dallas Unit | FIRE HALL |
| 27 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GOOSENECK RD. |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dallas Unit | FIRE HALL ROAD |
| 20 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Dallas Unit | STONE ROAD |
| 20 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Dallas Unit | FORT HILL |
| 2 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Dallas Unit | WALLACE BRIDGE |
| 14 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dallas Unit | OAK LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Fort Hill Census Designated Place: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Ranch | Aluminum | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Collins Ranch | Aluminum, Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Grande Ronde Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Grande Ronde Clay Deposit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gold Creek Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| South Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gold Creek Pit and Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Junction | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Grand Ronde | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Buell | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ballston | 12.4 miles | 17 | |
| Black Rock | 13.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ellendale | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tucker (historical) | 13.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oakdale | 14.2 miles | 12 |
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 Fort Hill Census Designated Place | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5864138 | 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 1142319. 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.







