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Bissell, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97023. The Survey maps it on the Cherryville quadrangle. It stands 1,814 feet above sea level.

Bissell within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Bissell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 135 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning27
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestSOUTH EAGLE
24 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBRIAN RANCH RD
21 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitHAGER PILE
20 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOWLING
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District472ND PILE
20 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitDEEP WILDCAT MT. PILE
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMolalla UnitLADEEDA FIRE
13 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National Forest255 RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bissell: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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
North Fork ClaimsMercuryOccurrence1934
FanntonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Publishers Paper Co 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Publishers Paper 4StonePast Producer
Publishers Paper 4Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Publishers Paper 5StonePast Producer
Publishers Paper 5Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Publishers Paper-Bee CreekStonePast Producer
Publishers Paper-Bee CreekStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
George2.7 miles18
Dover3.7 miles18
Cherryville5.2 miles18
Garfield (historical)5.4 miles25
Tracy6.0 miles25
Firwood6.2 miles19
Alder Creek7.1 miles18
Douglass Ridge7.3 miles25

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 Q130718843The 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 1138164. 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.