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Beaver Creek, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beavercreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97045. The Survey maps it on the Oregon City quadrangle.

Beaver Creek within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking5
Natural3
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitRIDGE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGRAVES CREEK
8 September 2011Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitLELAND
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitCARUS
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District3 B
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLARKIN
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBLUHM BERRY PATCH
22 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitLOWER HIGHLAND CAR FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Creek: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay, Stone. 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
Carl Hansen PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Quarry 3StonePast Producer
Terrill Silica DepositSilicaOccurrence
Terrill Silica DepositSilicaPast Producer
Carl HansenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cornwall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cornwall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jack Parker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Fishers Corner1.5 miles19
Henrici1.6 miles19
Carus2.2 miles19
Echo Dell3.1 miles19
Redland4.5 miles25
Central Point5.0 miles21
Mount Pleasant5.2 miles19
Mulino5.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136047. 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.