Bowersville, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97338. It lies near Cadle Hill. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bowersville within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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.

1942 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Bowersville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 120 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
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Debris and open burning	14
Other causes	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
8 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	WESTON ROAD
7 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	MOUNT PISGAH
6 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge	SOUTH SMITHFIELD
5 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge	EAST BASKETT SLOUGH
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Dallas Unit	ORCHARD KNOB
29 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Dallas Unit	WEST ELLENDALE
24 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	2.2 acres	Dallas Unit	OAKDALE ROAD
15 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Dallas Unit	CHURCH ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bowersville (historical): 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Rickreall Creek Deposit	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Ellendale Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Ellendale Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Rickreall Creek Deposit	Stone	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fir Villa	1.2 miles	13
Rickreall	1.9 miles	16
Cochrane (historical)	2.5 miles	16
Dallas	3.1 miles	13
Monmouth	4.9 miles	16
Ellendale	5.3 miles	13
Independence	5.9 miles	16
Oakdale	6.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163509. 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.