Ripplebrook, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97023. It lies near Nowhere Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Fish Creek Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,588 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1916 USGS Estacada quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fish Creek Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fish Creek Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Fish Creek Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Ripplebrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 138,094 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 4 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 ceremony | 48 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | HARRIET |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 138,054 acres | Mt. Hood National Forest | RIVERSIDE |
| 8 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | HIDEAWAY |
| 8 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | WHALE II |
| 7 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | TIMBER |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | TWO RIVERS |
| 6 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | RIVERSIDE |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | SHELLROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Ripplebrook: 54 past producers, 10 producers, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Kiggins | Mercury, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1924 | |
| Kiggins Mine | Mercury, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1923, 1932 | |
| Nisbet | Mercury, Zeolites | Past Producer | 1924 | |
| Ames - Bancroft | Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Ames-Bancroft Groupp | Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Nisbet Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | 1923, 1932 | |
| U S Forest Service 064 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 069 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 070 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Lynx | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Bissell | 16.3 miles | 18 | |
| Dodge | 16.5 miles | 18 | |
| Welches | 17.5 miles | 16 | |
| George | 17.7 miles | 18 | |
| Garfield (historical) | 18.3 miles | 25 | |
| Rhododendron | 18.4 miles | 16 | |
| Zigzag | 18.8 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.
| Wikipedia article on Ripplebrook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7335728 | 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 1134277. 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.








