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Airlie, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Falls City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97361. It stands on Airlie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Airlie North quadrangle.

Airlie within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Airlie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 164 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
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning9
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersS. BERRY CR. 21
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDallas UnitSOUTH KINGS VALLEY
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDallas UnitFIR GROVE #1
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDallas UnitFIR GROVE #2
17 September 1998Debris and open burning3.5 acresDallas UnitSHADY LANE
1 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresDallas UnitSMITH ROAD
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTARTER RD
7 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use52 acresDallas UnitSMITH ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Airlie: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
La Ro Lumber CoStonePast Producer
La Ro Lumber CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStonePast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStonePast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weisensee Farm/Luckiamute PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weisensee Farm/Luckiamute QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Lewisville2.7 miles15
Putnam (historical)3.4 miles15
Pedee4.4 miles12
Suver6.6 miles18
Parker6.9 miles16
Bridgeport7.4 miles12
Ferns (historical)7.5 miles15
Monmouth8.5 miles16

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 AirlieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4698733The 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 1162809. 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.