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Broadbent, 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 97414. It stands on Rhoda Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle Point quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Broadbent 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Broadbent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning26
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 acreBridge UnitENDICOTT CREEK
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPARSONAGE LANE 1
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPARSONAGE LANE 2
4 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreBridge UnitSINATRA LANE
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictECKLEY
28 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBridge UnitBROADBENT
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCRIBBINS HILL
21 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreBridge UnitGUERIN LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Broadbent: 35 past producers, 9 producers, 2 occurrences. 9 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
GuerinManganeseOccurrence
Guerin ManganeseManganeseOccurrence1941
BroadbentStonePast Producer
BroadbentStoneProducer
Eckley SiteStonePast Producer
Eckley SiteStoneProducer
Endicott Creek PitStonePast Producer
Indian Creek PitStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

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
Estabrook2.5 miles19
Etelka (historical)3.8 miles18
Myrtle Point3.9 miles19
Gaylord4.3 miles18
Norway6.4 miles19
Arago6.9 miles19
Bridge7.5 miles19
Gravelford7.6 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 BroadbentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4972042The 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 1118090. 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.