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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.

Zigzag within Clackamas County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

114 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2

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
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitTRUCKER BARREL
8 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCEDAR
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestROCKFACE 2
5 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBRIGHTWOOD LOOP
4 September 2006Natural10 acresMt. Hood National Forest919
30 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCAMP CREEK 2
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMOUNTAIN LANE FIELD
26 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCAMP CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cheeney Creek ProspectsGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Cheeney Creek ProspectsGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Brightwood PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brightwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carver Pit and Plant #2Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U S Forest Service 020Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 021Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 182Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arrah Wanna CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas County

Storms near this place

2 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Flash FloodZigzag1 killed, 1 hurtHeavy 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 2003HailZigzag-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clackamas 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
Faubion0.4 miles16
Wemme1.2 miles16
Welches1.4 miles16
Rhododendron2.0 miles16
Mount Hood Village2.1 miles16
Wildwood2.1 miles16
Mountain Air Park2.7 miles16
Brightwood4.5 miles18

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 ZigzagAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8071816The 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.