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Rhododendron, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97049. It stands on Still Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rhododendron quadrangle. 262 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,116 feet above sea level.

Rhododendron within Clackamas County

On record in Rhododendron

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

8 surveys from 16 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Rhododendron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 8 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
Recreation and ceremony54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural8
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitTRUCKER BARREL
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestROCKFACE 2
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestHUNCHBACK
4 September 2006Natural10 acresMt. Hood National Forest919
30 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCAMP CREEK 2
3 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestSTILL CREEK
26 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCAMP CREEK
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBIRDIE LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Rhododendron: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Cheeney Creek ProspectsGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Cheeney Creek ProspectsGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Arrah Wanna CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arrah Wanna Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laurel Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Laurel Hill Quarry / Usfs 24StonePast Producer
Norman StrabeinSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Norman StrabeinSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
U S Forest Service 024Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 027Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Faubion1.6 miles16
Zigzag2.0 miles16
Welches2.6 miles16
Wemme3.2 miles16
Wildwood4.1 miles16
Mount Hood Village4.1 miles16
Mountain Air Park4.7 miles16
Brightwood6.5 miles18

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 RhododendronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3367095The 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 1148408. 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.