Wheeler, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nehalem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97147. It stands on Gervais Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nehalem quadrangle. 422 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 37 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWheeler grew from 391 to 422 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 391 | |
| 2010 | 414 | +23 (+6%) |
| 2020 | 422 | +8 (+2%) |
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.
- 1937 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Wheeler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Tillamook District | JETTY CREEK |
| 8 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | KNOB FIRE |
| 25 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Tillamook District | FOSS |
| 23 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | MANZANITA LOG PILE |
| 23 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tillamook District | BAYSIDE FIRE |
| 21 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Tillamook District | TRESLE FIRE |
| 20 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MIAMI HOUSE |
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NEDONNA BEACH COMPLEX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Wheeler: 14 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Watrous | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Watrous Prospect | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Mohler Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Neahkahnie Mtn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nehalem Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old Nehalem Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit 442 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 443 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Heights | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mohler | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Nehalem | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bayside Gardens | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Brighton | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Foley (historical) | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Manzanita | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Barnesdale | 3.7 miles | 16 |
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 Wheeler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2780129 | 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 1128930. 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.








