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Badger Corner, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97301. The Survey maps it on the Salem East quadrangle.

Badger Corner within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

2 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Badger Corner in 1992, burning under an acre in total. 2 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
Natural2

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
20 July 1992Naturalunder an acreGrand Ronde TribesW FRK SNAG
20 July 1992Naturalunder an acreGrand Ronde TribesE FRK SNAG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Badger Corner: 29 past producers, 18 producers, 4 occurrences. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Bauxite Chapman and Eola HillsAluminum, Titanium, Metal, IronOccurrenceBauxite, Gibbsite
Chapman and Eola Hills BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronOccurrence
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Macleay ClayClayOccurrence
Macleay ClayClayOccurrence
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Austin BorrowSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Austin Bottow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fowler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fowler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Oak Park1.0 miles18
Four Corners1.5 miles18
Middle Grove1.7 miles18
Lachmund (historical)2.1 miles18
Highland Station (historical)2.4 miles20
Hayesville2.5 miles18
Salem2.8 miles20
Fruitland2.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136021. 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.