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Burlington, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Skyline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97231. It stands on McCarthy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sauvie Island quadrangle. It stands 60 feet above sea level.

Burlington within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Burlington between 1992 and 2017, burning about 18 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 1992Other causes2.0 acresForest Grove DistrictMASON HILL #2
8 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY POINT
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSKYLINE CAR FIRE
25 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreForest Grove DistrictTRESTLE FIRE
21 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSHELTERED NOOK BURN
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY PT RD#1
2 September 1992Other causes2.0 acresForest Grove DistrictMASON HILL #1
15 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMCNAMEE RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Burlington: 13 past producers, 7 producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Ash Grove Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Bauxite Tualatin MountainsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Tualatin Mountains BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronProspect
Bonser ProspectAluminum, IronOccurrenceBauxite
Bonser ProspectAluminum, IronOccurrence
Clay MineClayPast Producer
Skyline Blvd BauxiteAluminum, IronOccurrenceBauxite
Skyline Blvd Bauxite DepositAluminum, IronOccurrence
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah 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
Holbrook1.4 miles23
Riverview (historical)1.7 miles23
Folkenberg1.7 miles23
Plainview (historical)3.3 miles24
Linnton4.4 miles24
Whitwood Court5.6 miles24
Saint Johns6.1 miles24
Bonny Slope7.6 miles24

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 BurlingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22021917The 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 1118331. 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.