BlockBrickerville, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Middle Siuslaw River-Triangle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97453. It stands on Spencer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiernan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 15 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.
- 1918 USGS Mapleton quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Mapleton quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Mapleton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mapleton 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 Tiernan quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Brickerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 396 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | 4.5 MILE INDIAN CREEK |
| 9 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Western Lane District | RICE HILL 0909 |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 36 MP 7 |
| 5 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 36 |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 acres | Siuslaw National Forest | WILHELM CREEK |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | NORTH FORK MP 11 |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | HECETA JUNCTION FIRE |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Siuslaw National Forest | BEAGLE TAYLOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Brickerville: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Camp Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Camp Quarry Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Camp Quarry Pit& Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Campquarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Elk Wallow Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Elk Wallow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Swisshome | Stone | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q4966001 | 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 1153617. 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.