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Aldervale, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nehalem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97131. It stands on Rackheap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Soapstone Lake quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Aldervale within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Aldervale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 265 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictKNOB FIRE
23 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictBAYSIDE FIRE
21 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictCONSTRUCTION BURN
12 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTillamook DistrictSLAUGHTERHOUSE
7 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictCOOL
21 August 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresAstoria DistrictCOAL CREEK
11 August 2012Debris and open burning1.2 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH FORK ROAD
29 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 53 MP 15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Aldervale: 11 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
HjortlandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mohler Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Neahkahnie Mtn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nehalem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Nehalem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit 442Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 443Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sturm PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
HjortlandStonePast Producer
Mohler Pit & PlantStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Tillamook 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
Nehalem4.3 miles17
Mohler4.3 miles16
Bayside Gardens5.3 miles17
Foss5.6 miles16
Neahkahnie5.7 miles17
Neahkahnie Beach5.8 miles17
Wheeler5.8 miles17
Manzanita5.9 miles17

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 Q113689696The 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 1135995. 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.