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Mosier, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in The Dalles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97040. It stands on Mosier Creek. The Survey maps it on the White Salmon quadrangle. 468 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Mosier within Wasco County

On record in Mosier

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

Mosier grew from 433 to 468 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
2010433
2020468+35 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

283 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Mosier between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,709 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 16 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 burning54
Equipment and vehicle use38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Smoking26
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Fireworks16
Other causes7
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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 1998Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitSTATE ROAD
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROWENA CREEK
8 September 2003Smoking4.0 acresThe Dalles UnitMEMALOOSE CAMPGROUND
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaMOSIER EAST
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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaCATHERINE
5 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreThe Dalles UnitRICHARD RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Mosier: 32 past producers, 16 producers, 1 unknown. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cove Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dickinson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Koberg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marsh PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mosier PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mosier Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Dalles PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reither QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schmidt PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wasco 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
Ortley6.1 miles16
Rowena6.9 miles16
Chenoweth9.0 miles17
Cherry Heights10.0 miles17
The Dalles13.1 miles17
Petersburg17.6 miles15
Endersby18.5 miles13
Dufur21.3 miles13

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 MosierAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2343129The 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 1124382. 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.