Willowdale, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Ashwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97741. It stands on Pony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willowdale quadrangle. It stands 1,765 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Willowdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Stephenson Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Willowdale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Willowdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45,564 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2001 | Debris and open burning | 400 acres | Prineville District | WILLOWDALE |
| 6 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | HAYTRUCK |
| 5 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Central Oregon Rangeland Protection Association | 0839 RN |
| 4 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Prineville District | ANTELOPERD |
| 14 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prineville District | 0599 |
| 13 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Prineville District | WINDYFLAT2 |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prineville District | 1066 |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Prineville District | 0513 |
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 Willowdale: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Dimension, Volcanic Materials, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Canyon Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Willowdale Rose | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Willowdale Rose | Volcanic Materials | Producer | ||
| Cow Canyon | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grenada | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grenada | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ashwood | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Madras | 15.4 miles | 14 | |
| Donnybrook (historical) | 15.9 miles | 8 | |
| Axehandle (historical) | 15.9 miles | 8 | |
| Warm Springs | 17.4 miles | 11 | |
| Kilts | 19.0 miles | 8 | |
| Metolius | 19.6 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q112580456 | 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 1136910. 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.





