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Bull Run, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97055. It stands on Laughing Water Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bull Run quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Bull Run within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Bull Run between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes4
Smoking3
Fireworks3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestWALKER PRAIRIE OR-951 ASSIST
9 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitBULL RUN TRAILER
8 September 2006Other causesunder an acreMolalla UnitCHICKEN COOP
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitBLUFF CAR FIRE
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMolalla UnitDUSTY LANE #1
27 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSKOGAN RD #1
26 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitGRANDMA
23 September 2017Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTRUBEL GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bull Run: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clackamas County

Storms near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bull Run in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2006FloodBull Run$3,000,000The Sandy River near Bull Run crested at flood stage of 19.3 on November 7th.

Every storm recorded in Clackamas 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
Aims1.9 miles19
Sandy2.8 miles26
Firwood3.7 miles19
Kelso4.1 miles26
Cottrell4.3 miles26
Cherryville6.0 miles18
Marmot6.6 miles18
Dover6.8 miles18

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 Bull RunAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4996611The 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 1134659. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.