Wapinitia, 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 97037. The Survey maps it on the Wapinitia quadrangle. It stands 2,044 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1930 USGS Dufur quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Dufur quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Wapinitia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Wapinitia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Wapinitia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69,350 acres in total. 12 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1992 | Smoking | 18 acres | The Dalles Unit | WHITE RIVER |
| 12 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 245 acres | Warm Springs Agency | CHINA HAT |
| 8 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 68,135 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NENA SPRINGS |
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | VEHICLE FIRE |
| 26 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.3 acres | The Dalles Unit | NENA CREEK |
| 19 August 2010 | Natural | 150 acres | Warm Springs Agency | NELSON |
| 18 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | WHITE RIVER CROSSING |
| 17 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | NENA CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wapinitia: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulling | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dulling Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sorenson Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sorenson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wamic | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Hollow | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Dant | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Maupin | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Tygh Valley | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| East Maupin | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sportsmans Park | 10.4 miles | 13 |
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 Wapinitia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7968252 | 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 1151877. 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.







