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Butte Creek, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Molalla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97362. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Mills quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Butte Creek within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Butte Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 664 acres in total. None 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
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 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersELECTRIC FIRE
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitDAVIS CREEK
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution532 acresMolalla UnitWHILHOIT RD.
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMolalla UnitNOWLENS BRIDGE FIRE
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla Unit213 GRASS
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSantiam Unit213 GRASS
6 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSantiam UnitSILVER FALLS HWY
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOMER COOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Butte Creek (historical): 15 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 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
Beaver CreekLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Marquam Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Floyd Grahm Consr CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pembroke/Silverton Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pembroke/Silverton Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Asboe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Davis Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scotts Mills PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Marquam0.8 miles15
Oaklawn4.1 miles15
Yoder5.1 miles15
Elliott Prairie5.8 miles16
Hamricks Corner6.0 miles15
Rural Dell6.3 miles15
Wilhoit6.9 miles16
Needy7.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163552. 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.