Willowcreek, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97918. It stands on Kern Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willowcreek quadrangle. It stands 2,415 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS Jamieson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Brogan quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Willowcreek quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Willowcreek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Willowcreek between 1993 and 2018, burning about 185 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Vale District | 7TH AVENUE |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Vale District | HOPE FL |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Vale District | MERCURY MINE |
| 8 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Vale District | DENNIS |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | BULLY CREEK FIRE |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 150 acres | Vale District | DRY GULCH |
| 13 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Vale District | VALE RFD 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Willowcreek: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bully Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bully Creek Community Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Comyford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Comyford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schaffeld Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schaffeld Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willowcreek in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Willowcreek | - | ASOS and Radar observations indicated 1.5 inches of rainfall over the area and spotters reported minor flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jamieson | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Home (historical) | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dell (historical) | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Warm Springs (historical) | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Vale | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Brogan | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Paris (historical) | 12.3 miles | 10 |
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 Willowcreek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11003224 | 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 1637882. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





