Oak Grove, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hood River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97031. It stands on Alder Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hood River quadrangle. It stands 1,011 feet above sea level.
On record in Oak Grove
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Oak Grove Schoolhouselisted 1979 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1926 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Hood River NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
186 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 11 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 burning | 38 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | DUKE POINT |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | DITCH CREEK |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | DEFIANCE 2 |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | BINN'S HILL |
| 4 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | PUNCH BOWL FALLS |
| 3 September 2001 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | The Dalles Unit | REDWOOD ROAD |
| 28 September 2003 | Other causes | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | RIORDAN HILL |
| 28 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | RIORDAN HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 19 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Alameda Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dukes Valley Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Topsoil Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dollar Pit 1920 Trs | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hood River Pit & Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Creek Pit 1812 Trs | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Koburg Quarry and Plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Odell | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Grove | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lenz | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hood River | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Dee | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Hood | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Parkdale | 9.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q114018155 | 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 1124906. 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.









