Arch Cape, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Seaside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97102. It stands on Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arch Cape quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Arch Cape within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1940 USGS Cape Falcon quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Cannon Beach quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Arch Cape quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Arch Cape between 1992 and 2019, burning about 513 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony	9
Debris and open burning	8
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
21 September 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Astoria District	HUG POINT
18 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Tillamook District	SITKA LIGHTNING
22 August 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	HUG POINT 2
15 August 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Astoria District	RAY BROWN #019
14 August 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Tillamook District	FALCON
17 July 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Astoria District	FALCON
17 July 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Tillamook District	ELK FLATS
28 June 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Astoria District	COVE BEACH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Arch Cape: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Falcon Cove Site	Stone	Past Producer
	Falcon Cove Site	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tolovana Park	3.0 miles	15
Cannon Beach	4.3 miles	16
Necanicum (historical)	10.8 miles	14
Seaside	11.5 miles	16
Gearhart	13.7 miles	16
Hamlet	13.9 miles	17
Surf Pines	15.9 miles	16
Melville	17.1 miles	15

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 Arch Cape	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4785292	The 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 1117030. 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.