Government Camp, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97028. It lies near Multorpor Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Government Camp quadrangle. 179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,416 feet above sea level.
On record in Government Camp
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 3 records
Timberline LodgeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1973
Clackamas Lake Ranger Station Historic Districtlisted 1981
Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabinlisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresGovernment Camp fell from 193 to 179 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 | 193 | |
| 2020 | 179 | -14 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1924 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Government Camp quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Government Camp quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Government Camp quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Government Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 8 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 ceremony | 86 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | STILL CREEK |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | FINALLY |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | WHITE SALMON |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | TRILLIUM |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | MUD CREEK |
| 30 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | SALMON-BARLOW |
| 29 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | SNOW CABIN |
| 28 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | 658 |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Government Camp: 18 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swim | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 026 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 26 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| White River | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laurel Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Laurel Hill Quarry / Usfs 24 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Trillium Lake Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Trillium Lake Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 027 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 028 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Government Camp in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 3 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2011 | Flood | Government Camp | $9,000,000 | Oregon Department of Transportation reported approximately nine million dollars in damage to roads during the January 15 - 16 winter storm. The heaviest damages to roads were in the Welches, Zigzag, and Lolo Pass area of Clackamas County. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Government Camp | - | Heavy rain and hail caused debris to cover part of the access road between Government Camp and the Timberline Lodge. The hail size was estimated. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Government Camp | - | A thunderstorm produced 1.5 inch diameter hail on Highway 26 around 3 miles west of Government Camp. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Government Camp | - | A park ranger on the Sisi Butte lookout tower reported heavy rain accompanied by hail of various sizes, the largest estimated to be 3/4 of an inch. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhododendron | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Faubion | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Zigzag | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Welches | 11.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wemme | 11.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Hood Village | 12.5 miles | 16 | |
| Wildwood | 12.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain Air Park | 13.1 miles | 16 |
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 Government Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3112813 | 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 1162594. 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.








