Agate Beach, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97365. It stands on Little Schooner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newport North quadrangle. It stands 157 feet above sea level.
On record in Agate Beach
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.
Yaquina Head Lighthouselisted 1993 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS Yaquina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Yaquina quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Yaquina NE quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Yaquina NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Newport North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Agate Beach between 1994 and 2018, burning about 96 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BIG CREEK FIRE |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | STATION FIRE |
| 7 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRISBEE FIRE |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Toledo Unit | AGATE BEACH FIRE |
| 2 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BEVERLY FIRE |
| 16 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | S. JETTY |
| 1 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HARBORTON FIRE |
| 9 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | TRAIL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Agate Beach: 11 past producers, 9 producers, 2 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Ilmenite | Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport Placer | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite, Ilmenite | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moolack Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moolack Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Agate Beach | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Agate Beach Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Beverly Beach | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Newport Heights | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ocean Park | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| South Beach | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Fruitvale | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Otter Rock | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Yaquina | 5.9 miles | 17 |
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 Agate Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474114 | The 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 1116783. 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.










