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Beverly Beach, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97365. It stands on Wade Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newport North quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Beverly Beach within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Beverly Beach between 1994 and 2014, burning about 99 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
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning4
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBIG CREEK FIRE
10 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTATION FIRE
30 August 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitFOULWEATHER
21 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreToledo UnitAGATE BEACH FIRE
2 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBEVERLY FIRE
8 July 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresToledo UnitBEVERLY BEACH
6 July 2003Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitMOOLACH CREEK
5 July 2003Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitROCKY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Beverly Beach: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 2 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium. 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
Big Creek IlmeniteIron, Zirconium, Titanium, ChromiumOccurrence
Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport PlacerIron, Titanium, Metal, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Ilmenite
Moolack Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moolack Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Agate BeachStonePast Producer
Agate Beach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Blattner Creek PitStonePast Producer
Blattner Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Iron Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Ocean Park0.4 miles18
Otter Rock1.9 miles18
Agate Beach3.0 miles18
Newport Heights5.5 miles18
Newport5.8 miles18
Depoe Bay6.1 miles13
Bellamy (historical)6.1 miles11
Fruitvale6.1 miles11

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 Beverly BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4899473The 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 1117571. 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.