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Hood River, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hood River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97031. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hood River quadrangle. 8,313 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 160 feet above sea level.

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Hood River within Hood River County

On record in Hood River

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 12 of 27 shown

Every listing in Hood River County

Population over time

3 figures

Hood River grew from 5,831 to 8,313 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
20005,831
20107,167+1,336 (+23%)
20208,313+1,146 (+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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Hood River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,332 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 6 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 burning71
Railroad operations and maintenance40
Recreation and ceremony35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Fireworks24
Smoking24
Equipment and vehicle use23
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Natural12
Other causes8
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresThe Dalles UnitMOSIER EAST
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHUGGIE
6 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,644 acresSoutheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesHIGHWAY 141
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaKOBERG
4 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreThe Dalles UnitI84 MP 65

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hood River County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Hood River: 39 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Klickitat Co. PitsStone, DimensionPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Dollar Pit 1920 TrsStonePast Producer
East PitStonePast Producer
George Property QuarryStonePast Producer
Hanel QuarryStonePast Producer
Hood River Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Hood River Sand and Gravel PitStonePast Producer
Hood River Sand and Gravel PitStonePast Producer
Jones Creek Pit 1812 TrsStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Hood River County

Storms near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hood River in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2006FloodHood River$30,000,000The Hood River near the city of Hood River crested at 14.1 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 13.0 feet. The flooding and debris flow up river from this gauge caused major damage to Hwy. 35 on Mt. Hood, closing the highway for a month due to repair work. Moderate damage was also done to irrigation works.
December 2015FloodHood River-Heavy rain resulted in the flooding of Hood River near Hood River.
December 2007Heavy RainHood River-Storm total precipitation was 4.50 inches in Hood River.
August 2003HailHood River-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hood River 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
Rockford2.5 miles17
Pine Grove3.6 miles17
Oak Grove4.6 miles17
Lenz5.2 miles17
Odell5.5 miles17
Dee9.8 miles15
Mount Hood11.8 miles16
Parkdale13.4 miles16

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 Hood RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q923815The 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 1136388. 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.