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Bethel Heights, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97304. It lies near Athey Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Amity quadrangle.

Bethel Heights within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bethel Heights in 2013, burning under an acre in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
18 August 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 30 MP58#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Bethel Heights: 11 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Windsor Island Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Windsor Island Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Finley PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Freeman & Sons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lake Marcyl PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Bethel1.8 miles21
Zena2.7 miles21
McCoy3.5 miles21
Lincoln3.9 miles22
Perrydale5.6 miles17
Salemtowne6.2 miles20
Brush College6.3 miles20
Broadmead6.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136063. 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.