BlockFrom the record
One of 36 National Register listings published here for Hood River County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mt. Hood School House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. OR 35, Mt. Hood, 97041
- When was it listed? April 1987
- Category. building
- Census division. Parkdale
- National Register reference number. 87000680 - 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
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Mt. Hood School House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 9 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 burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | MILLER RD |
| 8 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | CAT CREEK |
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | BAILEY RD |
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | N17 FIRE |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | KLINGER |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | YELLOW JACKET CREEK |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | TROUT CREEK RIDGE |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | 1700 620 ROAD |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Mt. Hood School House: 9 past producers, 7 producers. 7 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dukes Valley Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trout Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trout Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dee | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dee Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dukes Valley Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dukes Valley Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Dukes Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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
4 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Parkdale Ranger Station | 1.8 miles | 1986 |
 | Valley Theater | 1.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Ries-Thompson House | 2.0 miles | 1992 |
 | Mt. Hood Railroad Linear Historic District | 5.3 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000680 in Record Group 79. |
| Hood River County | All 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.