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Bellevue, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Sheridan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97128. The Survey maps it on the Ballston quadrangle. It stands 197 feet above sea level.

Bellevue within Yamhill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue between 1992 and 2020, burning about 167 acres 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
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2002Natural117 acresForest Grove DistrictDUPEE VALLEY FIRE
28 September 2003Fireworks4.0 acresForest Grove DistrictERRATIC ROCK FIRE
22 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSUNRISE LANE FIRE
20 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictEAGLE POINT FIRE
2 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresForest Grove DistrictGRAUER ROAD FIRE
12 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresForest Grove DistrictSUNNYRIDGE BURN
8 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMASONVILLE FIRE
27 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWILEY ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yamhill County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bellevue: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Camp ChodrickSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Camp Chodrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tschanz QuarryStonePast Producer
Tschanz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williams PitStonePast Producer
Williams PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Yamhill County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellevue in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2020FloodBellevue-Road closure due to high water on OR-153.

Every storm recorded in Yamhill 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
Sheridan4.3 miles17
Amity5.8 miles21
Whiteson6.8 miles21
McMinnville9.0 miles21
Willamina9.3 miles17
Eola Village9.3 miles21
Eola Crest9.4 miles21
Hopewell11.9 miles22

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 BellevueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472635The 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 1162838. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.