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Arago, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Myrtle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Hall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle Point quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Arago within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Arago between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 burning31
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationLITTLE FISHTRAP
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD HIGHWAY 42
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitNORTH FORK #2
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBridge UnitNORTH FORK #1
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFINLEY LOOP
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHALLS CREEK
21 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictGRAY CREEK
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPLEASANT VALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Arago: 29 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Mcleod QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bob Angell, IncStoneProducer
Leep QuarryStonePast Producer
Leep QuarryStoneProducer
Mcleod QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Arago Sand & Garvel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arago Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Norway1.9 miles19
Myrtle Point3.8 miles19
Estabrook5.0 miles19
Lampa (historical)5.1 miles21
Coquille5.2 miles19
Cedar Point5.5 miles19
Riverton5.8 miles21
Gravelford6.1 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 AragoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4783713The 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 1117024. 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.