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Aims, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97019. The Survey maps it on the Bull Run quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Aims within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Aims between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestWALKER PRAIRIE OR-951 ASSIST
9 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitBULL RUN TRAILER
8 September 2006Other causesunder an acreMolalla UnitCHICKEN COOP
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitBLUFF CAR FIRE
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMolalla UnitDUSTY LANE #1
20 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLE ANN FIRE
2 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMolalla UnitDEVERELL RD FIRE
17 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitCOALMAN RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Aims: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Larch Mountain ClayClayOccurrence
Larch Mountain ClayClayOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
U S Forest ServiceStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Bull Run1.9 miles19
Sandy4.6 miles26
Firwood5.1 miles19
Cottrell5.2 miles26
Kelso5.8 miles26
Marmot6.2 miles18
Cherryville6.4 miles18
Alder Creek7.5 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q130644656The 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 1137038. 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.