Mount Vernon, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the John Day census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97865. It stands on Ingle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle. 548 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,865 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMount Vernon fell from 595 to 548 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 | 595 | |
| 2020 | 548 | -47 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dayville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Mount Vernon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,184 acres in total. 25 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DEAN SPRING |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | LITTLE BLACK BUTTE |
| 29 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | John Day Unit | DAVIS CREEK |
| 28 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | John Day Unit | GIBSON GULCH |
| 25 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | John Day Unit | HARPER CREEK |
| 25 September 1995 | Natural | 1.5 acres | John Day Unit | PLEASANT HILL |
| 16 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | John Day Unit | BEECH CREEK |
| 16 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | John Day Unit | GIBSON GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Mount Vernon: 16 past producers, 6 producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris & Marchbank Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Fox Valley Prospects | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mt. Vernon Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Talc Boulder | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Coho Creek | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Coho Creek Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Vernon Deposit | Asbestos | Producer | Chrysotile | |
| Mount Vernon Deposit | Asbestos | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Day | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Canyon City | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Beech Creek | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fox | 16.0 miles | 13 | |
| Long Creek | 20.5 miles | 13 | |
| Courtrock | 20.5 miles | 12 | |
| Seneca | 20.9 miles | 12 | |
| Prairie City | 21.6 miles | 14 |
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 Mount Vernon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1012169 | 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 1146532. 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.






