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Acme, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97439. It lies near Skunk Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle.

Acme within Lane County

On record in Acme

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Acme between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony58
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Fireworks10
Smoking8
Natural3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersJOAQUIN MILLER
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMERCER TREE
8 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKINGWOOD CAMP
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBENDER LANDING
8 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSHAKE N' BAKE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane District908 QUINCE STREET FIRE
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOAK ST. FIRE
30 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH JETTY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Acme: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Cushman1.0 miles15
Florence2.1 miles15
Glenada2.6 miles15
Canary3.8 miles15
Heceta Beach5.2 miles17
Mercer (historical)6.0 miles18
Siltcoos6.3 miles15
North Beach6.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1153407. 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.