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Brighton, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nehalem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97136. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nehalem quadrangle. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Brighton within Tillamook 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Brighton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
8 September 2006Smokingunder an acreTillamook DistrictJETTY CREEK
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictKNOB FIRE
23 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictMANZANITA LOG PILE
23 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictBAYSIDE FIRE
20 September 2014Other causesunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMIAMI HOUSE
2 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNEDONNA BEACH COMPLEX
17 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictNEADONNA II
13 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictNEDONNA BEACH 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Brighton: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
WatrousMercuryOccurrence
Watrous ProspectMercuryProspect
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Mohler Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Mohler Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Neahkahnie Mtn QuarryStonePast Producer
Neahkahnie Mtn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Tillamook 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
Wheeler Heights1.9 miles17
Nedonna Beach2.2 miles17
Wheeler2.5 miles17
Bayside Gardens2.9 miles17
Manhattan Beach3.1 miles17
Manzanita3.2 miles17
Nehalem3.6 miles17
Neahkahnie3.9 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 BrightonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4967576The 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 1166621. 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.