Gateway, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Madras census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97741. The Survey maps it on the Gateway quadrangle. It stands 1,795 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1928 USGS Madras quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Madras quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gateway quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Madras quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Gateway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,985 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | HAYTRUCK |
| 5 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Central Oregon Rangeland Protection Association | 0839 RN |
| 26 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Prineville District | 1231 |
| 2 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | 0868 |
| 19 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Prineville District | TROUT CRK |
| 19 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Prineville District | JUNCTION |
| 18 September 2000 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Ochoco National Forest | 1281 |
| 16 September 2012 | Natural | 1,680 acres | Warm Springs Agency | BEAR SLIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gateway: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gateway Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Qualle Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Qualle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gateway in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Hail | Gateway | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gateway | - | Trees down and neighbor lost porch. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gateway | - | Power poles reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowdale | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Warm Springs | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Madras | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Metolius | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ashwood | 17.6 miles | 7 | |
| Culver | 18.6 miles | 13 | |
| Grizzly | 21.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lamonta (historical) | 21.3 miles | 17 |
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 Gateway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5527187 | 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 1136311. 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.






