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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.

Oak Grove within Hood River County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

186 since 1992

Regional 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 burning38
Smoking23
Recreation and ceremony22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural14
Fireworks12
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes4
Firearms and explosives use1
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
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreThe Dalles UnitDUKE POINT
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreThe Dalles UnitDITCH CREEK
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestDEFIANCE 2
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreThe Dalles UnitBINN'S HILL
4 September 1995Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitPUNCH BOWL FALLS
3 September 2001Smoking2.0 acresThe Dalles UnitREDWOOD ROAD
28 September 2003Other causesunder an acreThe Dalles UnitRIORDAN HILL
28 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreThe Dalles UnitRIORDAN HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hood River County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dukes Valley QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Topsoil PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dollar Pit 1920 TrsStonePast Producer
Hood River Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Jones Creek Pit 1812 TrsStonePast Producer
Koburg Quarry and PlantStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Hood River 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
Rockford2.1 miles17
Odell3.4 miles17
Pine Grove4.0 miles17
Lenz4.1 miles17
Hood River4.6 miles17
Dee5.5 miles15
Mount Hood8.7 miles16
Parkdale9.9 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.

Wikidata item Q114018155The 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.