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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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
Butler Banklisted 2000
Cliff Lodgelisted 2000
Ernest S. and Clara C. Colby Houselisted 2000
Columbia Gorge Hotellisted 1979
Simpson Copple Houselisted 1987
Davidson-Childs Houselisted 1989
Edward J. DeHart Houselisted 1990
John C. Duckwall Houselisted 1989
First National Bank of Hood Riverlisted 2006
Orrin B. Hartley Houselisted 1989
Heilbronner Blocklisted 2006
Martin and Carrie Hill Houselisted 2007
Population over time
3 figuresHood 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,831 | |
| 2010 | 7,167 | +1,336 (+23%) |
| 2020 | 8,313 | +1,146 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Hood River NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
296 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 71 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Fireworks | 24 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | The Dalles Unit | MOSIER EAST |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HUGGIE |
| 6 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,644 acres | Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources | HIGHWAY 141 |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | KOBERG |
| 4 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | I84 MP 65 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klickitat Co. Pits | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dollar Pit 1920 Trs | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| East Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| George Property Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hanel Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hood River Pit & Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hood River Sand and Gravel Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hood River Sand and Gravel Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Creek Pit 1812 Trs | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Flood | Hood River | $30,000,000 | The 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 2015 | Flood | Hood River | - | Heavy rain resulted in the flooding of Hood River near Hood River. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Hood River | - | Storm total precipitation was 4.50 inches in Hood River. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Hood River | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Grove | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lenz | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Odell | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dee | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Hood | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Parkdale | 13.4 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 Hood River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q923815 | 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 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.









