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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.

Metolius within Jefferson County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Metolius 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.

YearPeople Change
2010710
2020978+268 (+38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

65 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning13
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acrePrineville District1141
24 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrineville UnitCOVE #1
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPrineville District0609
2 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePrineville District0760
13 September 2018Debris and open burning15 acresPrineville District1168
8 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresOchoco National Forest0469 RN
6 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresPrineville District0502
5 August 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresPrineville District0501

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
FriendMercuryOccurrence
Round Butte Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Round Butte Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Willow Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Culver QuarryStonePast Producer
Culver QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grody QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Madras4.1 miles14
Culver4.6 miles13
Grandview9.3 miles16
Opal City10.0 miles17
Lamonta (historical)11.1 miles17
Crooked River Ranch11.6 miles17
Warm Springs13.1 miles11
Geneva13.7 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 MetoliusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2488751The 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.