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Alvadore, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eugene-Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97448. It lies near Fern Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Cheshire quadrangle. It stands 387 feet above sea level.

Alvadore within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Alvadore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Natural1
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 2004Other causesunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictPARADISE ROAD
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKIRK RD #2
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFFD140202492
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFOVERLOOK ROCK
13 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFFD140209089
13 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictCHARDONNAY #2
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFRANKLIN FIRE
1 September 1998Other causesunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSUSPICIOUS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Alvadore: 12 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Cowles QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cowles QuarryStonePast Producer
Fisher ButteStonePast Producer
Fisher Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Franklin3.2 miles17
Fern Ridge Shores3.9 miles18
Cheshire4.5 miles17
Goldson4.8 miles17
Irving5.4 miles19
Elmira6.4 miles18
Danebo6.5 miles19
Fir Grove6.7 miles19

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 AlvadoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473974The 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 1136001. 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.