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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1914 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | RIDGE |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GRAVES CREEK |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Molalla Unit | LELAND |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | CARUS |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | 3 B |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | LARKIN |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BLUHM BERRY PATCH |
| 22 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | LOWER HIGHLAND CAR FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry 3 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Terrill Silica Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Terrill Silica Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Carl Hansen | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cornwall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cornwall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jack Parker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Corner | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Henrici | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Carus | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Echo Dell | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Redland | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Central Point | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Mulino | 5.2 miles | 16 |
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.










