Rowena, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in The Dalles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97058. It lies near Sevenmile Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lyle quadrangle. 192 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 138 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRowena grew from 187 to 192 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 187 | |
| 2020 | 192 | +5 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS White Salmon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Lyle quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Lyle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Lyle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
305 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Rowena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,774 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Fireworks | 24 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | SHOOTING RANGE |
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | RIVER RD |
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | STATE ROAD |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROWENA CREEK |
| 8 September 2003 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | The Dalles Unit | MEMALOOSE CAMPGROUND |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SEVENMILE 2 |
| 7 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | STAR POINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Rowena: 28 past producers, 17 producers, 1 plant. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) the Dalles Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Douthit Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Foley Lakes | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Harvey | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Marsh | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Martin | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ortley | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Chenoweth | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cherry Heights | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mosier | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| The Dalles | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Endersby | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fairbanks | 14.5 miles | 15 |
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 Rowena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2677041 | 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 1136714. 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.








