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Bridge, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Myrtle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridge quadrangle. It stands 154 feet above sea level.

Bridge within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Bridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitBELIEU CREEK
8 September 2006Smokingunder an acreBridge UnitENDICOTT CREEK
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictBUZZARDRK2
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBridge UnitFOOT BRIDGE
21 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitPLUM PRAIRIE
2 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCRIBBINS LANE
13 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitMCMULLEN ROAD
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictSLIDE CK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Bridge: 17 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Indian Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rookard Managanese ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Rookard ManganeseManganeseProspect1941
Enchanted PrairieStonePast Producer
Enchanted PrairieStoneProducer
Endicott Creek PitStonePast Producer
Indian Creek PitStonePast Producer
Kincheloe QuarryStonePast Producer
Mcmullen PitStonePast Producer
Mcmullen PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Bancroft5.8 miles18
Remote6.2 miles11
Gravelford6.7 miles19
Etelka (historical)6.9 miles18
Estabrook6.9 miles19
Gaylord7.1 miles18
Broadbent7.5 miles19
Myrtle Point7.5 miles19

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 BridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4966179The 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 1118065. 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.