The Dalles, Oregon
17 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 Dry Hollow. The Survey maps it on The Dalles South quadrangle. 16,010 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 109 feet above sea level.
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On record in The Dalles
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 12 of 22 shown
Anderson, Lewis, House, Barn and Granarylisted 1980
Bennett-Williams Houselisted 1986
Dalles Carnegie Librarylisted 1978
Fort Dalles Surgeon's Quarterslisted 1971
Edward French Houselisted 1992
Fulton-Taylor Houselisted 1993
Hugh Glenn Houselisted 1991
Heimrich-Seufert Houselisted 1990
Orlando Humason Houselisted 1991
Indian Shaker Church and Gulick Homesteadlisted 1978
Joseph D. and Margaret Kelly Houselisted 1999
Malcolm A. Moody Houselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresThe Dalles grew from 13,620 to 16,010 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 | 13,620 | |
| 2020 | 16,010 | +2,390 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS The Dalles South quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS The Dalles South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS The Dalles South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of The Dalles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,431 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 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 |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | GOLF COURSE |
| 30 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | BROWNS CREEK |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BROWNS CREEK |
| 29 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | MILL CREEK #2 |
| 21 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | BROWN'S CREEK |
| 20 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | MOBILE MANOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of The Dalles: 31 past producers, 22 producers, 1 plant. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) the Dalles Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Douthit Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| M. Martin Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Crawford | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Crawford Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Foley Lakes | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Foley Lakes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harvey | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Harvey Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names The Dalles in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 1 heavy rain, 1 wildfire, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Wildfire | The Dalles | $10,000 | The Sheldon Ridge Fire, sparked by lightning, consumed 12,681 acres and eight structures, all of which were out buildings. Around 250 homes were threatened by the flames. Oregon National Guard Troops assisted in battling the flames. |
| August 2019 | Flood | The Dalles | - | Several areas of flooding reported due to heavy rainfall and small hail. |
| June 1998 | Heavy Rain | The Dalles | - | A thunderstorm that moved through The Dalles dumped up to 0.67 inches of rain in 20 minutes, knocked out power, and caused some flooding problems. The wind blew trees and tree limbs onto power lines causing power outages to much of the east side of town. Heavy rain caused minor street flooding, flooding of basements and businesses, and caused manhole covers to come loose. Rock slides were reported along hillsides. Pea sized hail was also reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Heights | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Chenoweth | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rowena | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ortley | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Endersby | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| English (historical) | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Boyd | 8.9 miles | 12 |
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 The Dalles | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985271 | 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 1167723. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








