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Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the East Marion census division. It stands on Mansfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Breitenbush Hot Springs quadrangle. It stands 2,241 feet above sea level.

Breitenbush Hot Springs within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Breitenbush Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,931 acres in total. 84 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
Natural84
Recreation and ceremony72
Smoking7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
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
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestANTI FREEZE
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National Forest421 SRZ
7 September 2011Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestHIDDEN
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestEAGLE
6 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National Forest407 SRZ
6 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National Forest408 SRZ
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestSHORT
29 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestINC 252

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Breitenbush Hot Springs: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Geothermal. 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
Breitenbush Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Breitenbush Hot Springs CinnabarMercuryOccurrenceMetacinnabar, Pyrite
Breitenbush Mineral Springs IncMercuryProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Halseth-Breitenbush TuffstoneStonePast Producer
Halseth-Breitenbush TuffstoneStoneOccurrence
Skunk PitStonePast Producer
Skunk QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Breitenbush0.4 miles17
Idanha7.7 miles16
Detroit9.7 miles16
Jawbone Flats (historical)13.0 miles18
Niagara19.0 miles17
Elkhorn20.6 miles17
Elkhorn Woods22.5 miles17
Gates23.3 miles17

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 Breitenbush Hot SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4960441The 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 1138591. 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.