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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.

Brockway within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

146 since 1993

Regional 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 use53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning18
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes3
Fireworks3
Smoking1
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 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationCOON HOLLOW
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationKENT CREEK
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRICE CR.
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKENT CR.
4 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersINDIAN NOSE
4 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use53 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLARKS BRANCH COMPLEX
3 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLOOKINGGLASS
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictSTRICKLAND CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fort KnoxCopperOccurrence
Byron LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Byron LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Christensen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dillard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Goodin PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mount Obeth PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ollivant's PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Paroz PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reding SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Dillard1.5 miles17
Civil Bend (historical)1.6 miles17
Winston2.4 miles17
Porter Creek3.5 miles11
Round Prairie4.8 miles17
Lookingglass5.1 miles17
Green5.8 miles18
Tenmile5.8 miles11

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 BrockwayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4972892The 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.