Zigzag, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97049. It stands on Zigzag River. The Survey maps it on the Rhododendron quadrangle. It stands 1,414 feet above sea level.
On record in Zigzag
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Churchlisted 1979
Zigzag Ranger Stationlisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1924 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rhododendron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Rhododendron quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Zigzag between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | TRUCKER BARREL |
| 8 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | CEDAR |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | ROCKFACE 2 |
| 5 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BRIGHTWOOD LOOP |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Mt. Hood National Forest | 919 |
| 30 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | CAMP CREEK 2 |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MOUNTAIN LANE FIELD |
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | CAMP CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Zigzag: 18 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheeney Creek Prospects | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Cheeney Creek Prospects | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Brightwood Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brightwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Carver Pit and Plant #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 020 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 021 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| U S Forest Service 182 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arrah Wanna Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zigzag in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2014: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Zigzag | 1 killed, 1 hurt | Heavy rain resulted in the Sandy River to rapidly rise. A foot bridge near Ramona Falls broke loose sending a man into the turbulent waters. The man drowned in the river. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Zigzag | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faubion | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Wemme | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Welches | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Rhododendron | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Hood Village | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wildwood | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain Air Park | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Brightwood | 4.5 miles | 18 |
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 Zigzag | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8071816 | 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 1152771. 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.







