Bacona, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the North Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97133. The Survey maps it on the Bacona quadrangle. It stands 2,034 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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 Vernonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Vernonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Vernonia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bacona quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Bacona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 4 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 burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | JOHNSON MOTORHOME |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FERN FLAT POWERLINE FIRE |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GREENER ROAD FIRE |
| 25 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SV HWY MP8 VEHICLE FIRE |
| 21 September 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Forest Grove District | GREEN MT. POWER |
| 19 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | POWERLINE LIGHTNING N |
| 16 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | BACONA ROAD |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FERN FLAT GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Bacona: 15 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironcrest Iron | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Buxton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Columbia West Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach Mansfield Lookout | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach New Mansfield | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Buxton Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cloverleaf Mines, Ltd | Stone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie (historical) | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Buxton | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Manning | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Davies Junction | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Timber | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hayward | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Banks | 11.0 miles | 18 | |
| Westimber (historical) | 11.1 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 Bacona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988009 | 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 1135823. 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.








