Belknap Springs, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the McKenzie River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97413. It stands on Scott Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belknap Springs quadrangle.
On record in Belknap Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
McKenzie Highway Historic Districtlisted 2011
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1934 USGS Mc Kenzie Bridge quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Mc Kenzie Bridge quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Mc Kenzie Bridge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mc Kenzie River quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Belknap Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Belknap Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Belknap Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,620 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | MR - 453 |
| 5 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MT. TOM |
| 9 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | RANGER STATION |
| 8 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | SCOTCH BROOM |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | FRISSEL POINT |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | 169 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Belknap Springs: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Belknap Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Bigelow Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Foley Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foley Springs | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| McKenzie Bridge | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Rainbow | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Blue River | 15.7 miles | 15 | |
| Finn Rock | 18.2 miles | 15 | |
| Nimrod | 20.5 miles | 15 | |
| Vida | 27.8 miles | 13 | |
| Leaburg | 33.8 miles | 12 |
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 Belknap Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478122 | 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 1136054. 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.










