Wilkesboro, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Forest Grove-Cornelius census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97106. The Survey maps it on the Forest Grove quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1941 USGS Gales Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Forest Grove quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Forest Grove quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Wilkesboro between 1992 and 2017, burning about 72 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | DAVIDSON ROAD FIRE |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | DAIRY CREEK BURN |
| 27 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Forest Grove District | DC GRASS BURN FIRE |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | MURPHY ROAD |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | DAIRY CREEK POND FIRE |
| 21 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MALLER RD FIRE |
| 21 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Forest Grove District | MURPHY ROAD |
| 19 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | KILLIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wilkesboro: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks Rock Products Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Banks Rock Products. | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Schmidt | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Schmidt | Clay | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Kansas City | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Mountaindale | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Davies Junction | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Verboort | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hillside | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Manning | 5.3 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 Wilkesboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8002478 | 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 1637939. 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.







