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Photograph of Oak Grove Schoolhouse
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Oak Grove Schoolhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

One of 36 National Register listings published here for Hood River County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. SW of Hood River at 2121 Reed Rd., Hood River, 97031
  • When was it listed? March 1979
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Hood River
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • Architect. Albert Sutton
  • National Register reference number. 79002062 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove Schoolhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning37
Smoking24
Recreation and ceremony22
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Fireworks8
Other causes4
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreThe Dalles UnitDUKE POINT
7 September 2014Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKINGSLEY ROAD
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreThe Dalles UnitDITCH CREEK
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestDEFIANCE 2
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreThe Dalles UnitBINN'S HILL
4 September 1995Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitPUNCH BOWL FALLS
3 September 2001Smoking2.0 acresThe Dalles UnitREDWOOD ROAD
28 September 2003Other causesunder an acreThe Dalles UnitRIORDAN HILL

Every fire recorded in Hood River County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove Schoolhouse: 17 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dukes Valley QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Topsoil PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dollar Pit 1920 TrsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dukes Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hood River Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jones Creek Pit 1812 TrsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hood River County

Storms near this property

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hood River, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2006FloodHood River$30,000,000The Hood River near the city of Hood River crested at 14.1 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 13.0 feet. The flooding and debris flow up river from this gauge caused major damage to Hwy. 35 on Mt. Hood, closing the highway for a month due to repair work. Moderate damage was also done to irrigation works.
December 2015FloodHood River-Heavy rain resulted in the flooding of Hood River near Hood River.
December 2007Heavy RainHood River-Storm total precipitation was 4.50 inches in Hood River.
August 2003HailHood River-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hood River County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Miles B. and Eleanor Potter House2.8 miles1992
Mt. Hood Railroad Linear Historic District3.2 miles1994
Martin and Carrie Hill House3.6 miles2007
Columbia Gorge Hotel4.0 miles1979
Cliff Lodge4.2 miles2000
Edward J. DeHart House4.3 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79002062 in Record Group 79.
Hood River CountyAll 36 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.