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Latourell, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Corbett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97019. It lies near Crown Point. The Survey maps it on the Bridal Veil quadrangle. It stands 140 feet above sea level.

Latourell within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Latourell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Fireworks3
Other causes3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAUREL LN
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWAHKEENA
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaPARK
29 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 2005Smoking10 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaVISTA
20 September 1995Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitPALMER MILL #2
2 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitI-84 MP 26
2 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMolalla UnitDEVERELL RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Latourell: 11 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Camp Collins YmcaGeothermalProducer
CorbettGeothermalProducer
Larch Mountain ClayClayOccurrence
Larch Mountain ClayClayOccurrence
Gensman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Bridal VeilStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah 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
Bridal Veil2.7 miles16
Corbett3.8 miles24
Springdale5.9 miles24
Pleasant Home8.1 miles26
Orient8.6 miles26
Troutdale8.8 miles24
Powell Valley9.9 miles25
Wood Village10.5 miles24

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 LatourellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6496935The 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 1167712. 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.