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Alsea Rivera, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Waldport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97390. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tidewater quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Alsea Rivera within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Alsea Rivera between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 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 burning6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSiuslaw National ForestCANAL CREEK 073
4 July 2006Fireworksunder an acreToledo UnitLITTLE SWITZERLAND
4 July 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitTIDEWATER
15 July 2010Smokingunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestINDIDENT 29
11 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitDARKEY CR #2
18 June 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitDON'S CAMP
15 June 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictEDDIES CAT
13 May 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitCANAL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Alsea Rivera: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Table Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer
Table Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Tidewater0.4 miles13
Little Switzerland0.4 miles13
Little Albany0.9 miles13
Westwood Village2.0 miles13
Linville (historical)4.8 miles13
Drift Creek5.2 miles13
Denzer (historical)6.0 miles13
Bayview7.7 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.

Wikidata item Q113629024The 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 1153568. 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.