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Gates, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97346. It stands on Pierce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mill City North quadrangle. 548 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Gates within Marion County

Population over time

2 figures

Gates grew from 471 to 548 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.

YearPeople Change
2010471
2020548+77 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Gates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 151 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking7
Fireworks3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictMONUMENT WAGON
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSantiam UnitHWY 22 M.P. 36.5
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSweet Home Unit - ODFREMINE POND #1
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresSweet Home Unit - ODFREMINE
29 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFSOUTH ROCK CREEK 1200
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictDEMOB PILE
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresSantiam UnitDOUBLE RIGHT
23 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSIX MILE PILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion 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 Gates: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Smith-ButlerIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Welb Cat MineClayOccurrence
Welb Cat MineClayOccurrence
Elkhorn Creek ProspectGoldOccurrence
Elkhorn Creek ProspectGoldProspect
GatesStonePast Producer
Gates PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mill City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
National GroupGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Elkhorn Woods4.0 miles17
Niagara4.3 miles17
Elkhorn6.2 miles17
Mehama11.0 miles13
Jawbone Flats (historical)12.7 miles18
Detroit14.2 miles16
Hullt (historical)15.3 miles13
Drake Crossing17.3 miles13

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 GatesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2454715The 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 1121079. 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.