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Pine Grove, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Odell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97031. It lies near Van Horn Butte. The Survey maps it on the Hood River quadrangle. It stands 653 feet above sea level.

Pine Grove within Hood River County

On record in Pine 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

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 414 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 10 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 burning42
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Smoking19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Natural13
Fireworks12
Arson/incendiarism10
Other causes4
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
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresThe Dalles UnitMOSIER EAST
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaKOBERG
4 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreThe Dalles UnitI84 MP 65
3 September 2001Smoking2.0 acresThe Dalles UnitREDWOOD ROAD
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaBINGEN GRAVEL PIT
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 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 29 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cove Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dollar Pit 1920 TrsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dukes Valley QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dukes Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
George Property QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Lenz1.8 miles17
Odell2.4 miles17
Rockford2.8 miles17
Hood River3.6 miles17
Oak Grove4.0 miles17
Dee7.5 miles15
Mount Hood8.5 miles16
Parkdale10.3 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 Pine GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709194The 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 1129619. 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.