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Beaver Springs, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goble census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97048. It stands on East Branch Fox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rainier quadrangle. It stands 627 feet above sea level.

Beaver Springs within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1998Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI ROAD #1
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOWL CREEK
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEMERALD 2
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILE POST 35
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI RD #1
4 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitPELLHAM HILL RD.
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOTTONWOOD POINT FIRE
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Springs: 23 past producers, 12 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 Kalama-RainerAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Kalama-Ranier Bauxite OccurrenceAluminumOccurrence
Columbia West Materials & ConstrSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Columbia West Materials & Constr.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monte Kress PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trojan LakesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trojan LakesSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Lindbergh3.0 miles12
Beaver Homes3.0 miles12
Rainier3.0 miles12
Prescott3.2 miles12
Goble4.4 miles12
Reuben4.5 miles12
Hudson (historical)4.9 miles15
Apiary4.9 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q121331667The 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 1136050. 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.