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Breitenbush, 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 lies in ZIP code area 97342. It stands on Devils Creek. The Survey maps it on the Breitenbush Hot Springs quadrangle. It stands 2,238 feet above sea level.

Breitenbush 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Breitenbush between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,930 acres in total. 89 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
Natural89
Recreation and ceremony70
Smoking6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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: 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

Storms near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Breitenbush in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 wildfire. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001WildfireBreitenbush$4,300,000A lightning started wildfire burned 2719 acres in the Mt Hood National Forest in the area of Olallie Lake. Total cost of fighting the fire was $4.3 million. No buildings were lost and there were no injuries or deaths.

Every storm 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
Breitenbush Hot Springs0.4 miles17
Idanha7.9 miles16
Detroit10.0 miles16
Jawbone Flats (historical)13.4 miles18
Niagara19.4 miles17
Elkhorn21.0 miles17
Elkhorn Woods22.8 miles17
Gates23.6 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 BreitenbushAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474039The 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 1156681. 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.

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.