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Warrendale, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Corbett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97014. It stands on Tumalt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Multnomah Falls quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Warrendale within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Warrendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 789 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning7
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePacific Cascade Region-DNRSTONEHORSE
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined260 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersARCHER MOUNTAIN
4 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEVERGREEN
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKUFFLER
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaAINSWORTH
27 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDODSON
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaONEONTA
26 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaYEON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Warrendale: 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Moffett's Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamilton Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bonneville DamStonePast Producer
Dodson SiteStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Bonneville DamStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Multnomah 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
Dodson1.2 miles16
Bonneville3.7 miles14
Bridal Veil9.2 miles16
Latourell12.0 miles16
Corbett15.6 miles24
Springdale17.9 miles24
Pleasant Home19.9 miles26
Troutdale20.3 miles24

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 WarrendaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7970633The 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 1151915. 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.