Brockway, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Tenmile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97496. It stands on Kent Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle. It stands 571 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Winston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
146 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Brockway between 1993 and 2020, burning about 404 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | COON HOLLOW |
| 8 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | KENT CREEK |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RICE CR. |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | KENT CR. |
| 4 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | INDIAN NOSE |
| 4 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 53 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CLARKS BRANCH COMPLEX |
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LOOKINGGLASS |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roseburg District | STRICKLAND CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 57 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Brockway: 33 past producers, 21 producers, 3 occurrences. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Knox | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Byron Limestone | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Byron Limestone | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Christensen Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dillard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Goodin Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mount Obeth Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ollivant's Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Paroz Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Reding Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dillard | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Civil Bend (historical) | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Winston | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Porter Creek | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Round Prairie | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lookingglass | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Green | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Tenmile | 5.8 miles | 11 |
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 Brockway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4972892 | 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 1136094. 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.






