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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.

Wheeler within Tillamook County

Population over time

3 figures

Wheeler 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.

YearPeople Change
2000391
2010414+23 (+6%)
2020422+8 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

54 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony18
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2006Smokingunder an acreTillamook DistrictJETTY CREEK
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictKNOB FIRE
25 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTillamook DistrictFOSS
23 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictMANZANITA LOG PILE
23 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictBAYSIDE FIRE
21 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTillamook DistrictTRESLE FIRE
20 September 2014Other causesunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMIAMI HOUSE
2 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNEDONNA BEACH COMPLEX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
WatrousMercuryOccurrence
Watrous ProspectMercuryProspect
Mohler Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Neahkahnie Mtn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nehalem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Nehalem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit 442Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 443Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tillamook 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
Wheeler Heights0.6 miles17
Mohler1.6 miles16
Nehalem2.3 miles17
Bayside Gardens2.5 miles17
Brighton2.5 miles17
Foley (historical)3.0 miles16
Manzanita3.5 miles17
Barnesdale3.7 miles16

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 WheelerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2780129The 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.