Metolius, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Culver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97741. The Survey maps it on the Culver quadrangle. 978 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,530 feet above sea level.
On record in Metolius
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 1 record
Oregon Trunk Passenger and Freight Stationlisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresMetolius grew from 710 to 978 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 | 710 | |
| 2020 | 978 | +268 (+38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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
- 1963 USGS Culver quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madras quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Culver quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Culver quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Metolius between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,758 acres in total. 12 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Prineville District | 1141 |
| 24 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville Unit | COVE #1 |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Prineville District | 0609 |
| 2 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Prineville District | 0760 |
| 13 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Prineville District | 1168 |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Ochoco National Forest | 0469 RN |
| 6 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Prineville District | 0502 |
| 5 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Prineville District | 0501 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Metolius: 11 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friend | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Round Butte Cinder Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Round Butte Cinder Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willow Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Willow Creek Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Culver Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Culver Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grody Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madras | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Culver | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Grandview | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Opal City | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lamonta (historical) | 11.1 miles | 17 | |
| Crooked River Ranch | 11.6 miles | 17 | |
| Warm Springs | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Geneva | 13.7 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 Metolius | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2488751 | 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 1146116. 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.








