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Sportsmans Park, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Dufur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97063. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Creek Reservoir quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,241 feet above sea level.

Sportsmans Park within Wasco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Sportsmans Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 393 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 3 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
Natural36
Recreation and ceremony28
Debris and open burning12
Smoking11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Fireworks2

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 2019Naturalunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestBRUSH AXE
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitDODSON RD.
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMt. Hood National ForestBUG
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCUP
19 September 1993Smokingunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestAFT
15 September 2016Smokingunder an acreMt. Hood National Forest474
15 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestFORK
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestBIG PINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sportsmans Park: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, 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
Metzentine QuarryStonePast Producer
Metzentine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wasco 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
Pine Hollow5.6 miles15
Wamic6.8 miles15
Pine Grove7.9 miles13
Wapinitia10.4 miles13
Friend (historical)11.1 miles14
Tygh Valley12.0 miles14
Kingsley13.3 miles13
Maupin17.0 miles14

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 Sportsmans ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108377267The 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 2804190. 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.