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==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.14|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://
Mt. Angel is in the [[Pudding River]] watershed. The town sits on the [[Gales Creek, Oregon|Gales Creek]]/Mount Angel lineament, and sits on the Mount Angel Fault, a northwest-trending geophysical structural zone.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=GC |last2=Crosson |first2=RS |last3=Carver |first3=DL |last4=Yelin |first4=TS |title=The 25 March 1993 Scotts Mills, Oregon Earthquake and Aftershock Sequence: Spatial Distribution, Focal Mechanisms, and the Mount Angel Fault |journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |date=August 1996 |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=925–935 |url=https://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/g473/seismic_hazards/thomas_etal_1996_scotts_mills.pdf |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref> Activity along the fault caused the [[1993 Scotts Mills earthquake]], which significantly damaged various structures in the town, in particular [[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Mount Angel, Oregon)|the parish church]].
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