Blind Slough, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Knappa-Brownsmead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97103. It stands on Grizzly Slough. The Survey maps it on the Knappa quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Blind Slough within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1940 USGS Svensen quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Svensen quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Knappa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Blind Slough (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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	34
Recreation and ceremony	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Smoking	3
Natural	3
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	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
7 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SILVANDALE
6 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	WINNEBAGO FIRE
5 September 2019	Smoking	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	TWO TONE FIRE
4 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Astoria District	SAND PIT
3 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Astoria District	KOPPISH II
27 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	POWERLINE FIRE
23 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Astoria District	GNAT CREEK
20 September 2017	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	BURNING CAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Blind Slough (historical): 8 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Big Creek Pit 1	Stone	Producer
Gant Creek Quarry	Silica	Past Producer
Estoos Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Estoos Pit	Clay	Producer
Gant Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Big Creek Pit 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Big Creek Pit 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Big Creek Pit 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Big Creek Pit 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brownsmead	1.6 miles	15
Knappa	1.7 miles	15
Clifton	5.3 miles	15
Svensen	5.6 miles	17
Svensen Junction	5.7 miles	17
Burnside (historical)	6.4 miles	17
Bradwood (historical)	6.5 miles	15
Biddle (historical)	7.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1167943. 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.