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Buell, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Willamina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97378. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sheridan quadrangle.

Buell within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Buell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 92 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 burning17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDallas UnitBROWN ROAD
8 September 2020Recreation and ceremony4.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILL CR. PARK
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreDallas UnitPIONEER ROAD
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBUTLER HILL TWO
27 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGOOSENECK RD.
20 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDallas UnitSTONE ROAD
20 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDallas UnitHART ROAD
14 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGOOSENECK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Buell: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Buell LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Buell LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Buell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Buell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mill Creek SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rentsch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rentsch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shenk QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Ballston6.2 miles17
Ellendale6.8 miles13
Tucker (historical)7.5 miles17
Fort Hill Census Designated Place7.9 miles15
Oakdale7.9 miles12
Dallas8.6 miles13
Valley Junction8.7 miles15
Broadmead8.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1162860. 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.