Blachly, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Middle Siuslaw River-Triangle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97412. It stands on Pope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Triangle Lake quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
On record in Blachly
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
- Triangle Lake Round Barnlisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 13 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.
- 1941 USGS Blachly quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Blachly quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Blachly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Triangle Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Blachly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 265 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | TRASHBERRY WOOD |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BEAR BED FIRE |
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Western Lane District | RIDGE LINE FIRE |
| 5 September 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Western Lane District | BIG DIPPER FIRE |
| 30 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Western Lane District | GRANGE ROAD |
| 26 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | VIK |
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | LOW DOWN TIMBER |
| 25 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | HORTON VEHICLE FIRE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blachly in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Heavy Rain | Blachly | $20,000 | A land slide consisting of 100 to 300 cubic yards of soil, rock, and large trees closed Highway 36 at mile marker 25 for several days. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horton | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Triangle Lake | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Low Pass | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Estrup (historical) | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Greenleaf | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Alpha | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Noti | 10.4 miles | 17 | |
| Goldson | 10.4 miles | 17 |
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 Blachly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10981444 | 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 1136070. 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.
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.










