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Dallesport, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98617. The Survey maps it on The Dalles South quadrangle. 1,328 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 213 feet above sea level.

Dallesport within Klickitat County

Population over time

3 figures

Dallesport grew from 1,185 to 1,328 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,185
20101,202+17 (+1%)
20201,328+126 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Dallesport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86,098 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks9
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSHOOTING RANGE
9 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaRIVER RD
9 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaGOLF COURSE
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaTHE DALLES MT. ROAD
30 September 1995Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitBROWNS CREEK
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBROWNS CREEK
29 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreThe Dalles UnitMILL CREEK #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Dallesport: 29 past producers, 19 producers, 1 plant. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
(Facility) the Dalles Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Douthit PitClayProducer
Foley LakesStonePast Producer
HarveyStonePast Producer
Harvey QuarryStonePast Producer
MartinStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Klickitat County

Storms near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dallesport in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 1999: 1 wildfire, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 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
November 1999Heavy RainDallesport1 hurt, $10,000A rock slide caused by heavy rains briefly closed Washington State Highway 14 on the north side of the Columbia River. A motorist was slightly injured when a rock struck a vehicle.
September 1998WildfireDallesport-A fire burned about 1,400 acres of grassland east of Dallesport. About 80 volunteer firefighters battled the blaze that was pushed by the wind and jumped roads several times. The fire caused the closure of Highway 14 for a while. No structure damage or injuries were reported.

Every storm recorded in Klickitat 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
Smithville2.3 miles17
Murdock2.6 miles17
Lyle7.8 miles16
Gooseneck10.5 miles16
Swale11.3 miles13
Wishram Heights11.3 miles10
Wishram11.6 miles10
Warwick12.0 miles10

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 DallesportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1508422The 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 1512134. 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.