Tollgate, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Milton-Freewater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97886. It stands on Morning Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tollgate quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tollgate quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Tollgate quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Tollgate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,181 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | MORNING PARK |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | MCINTYRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | MORNING CREEK |
| 25 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MC FIRE |
| 19 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | WILD WOMAN SPRING |
| 14 September 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Umatilla National Forest | BEAR TRAP |
| 10 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | MOAT |
| 1 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | SUMMER HOME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tollgate: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mp 22.8 Weston/Elgin | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 22.8 Weston/Elgin | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tollgate in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2012: 8 hail. 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 2012 | Hail | Tollgate | - | Hail caused damage to vehicles. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Tollgate | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Tollgate | - | Dime sized hail was reported at an elevation of 4000 feet. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Tollgate | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Tollgate | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tollgate | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tollgate | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tollgate | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Springs | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gibbon | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Weston | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Milton-Freewater | 18.8 miles | 8 | |
| Duncan | 19.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cobb | 20.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sunnyside | 20.7 miles | 8 | |
| Crockett | 20.9 miles | 8 |
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 Tollgate | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7814400 | 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 1116542. 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.




