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Buxton, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Coast Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97109. It stands on Burgholzer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle. It stands 328 feet above sea level.

Buxton within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Buxton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning37
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking5
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSKYRANCH FIRE
8 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGREEN MTN ILLEGAL BURN
4 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPONGRATZ FIRE
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictBACONA RD BURN
29 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGREEN MT BURN
21 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreForest Grove DistrictGREEN MT. POWER
19 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictKILLIN
17 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictVISION RIDGE #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Buxton: 15 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Banks Rock Products QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lite Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Satellite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Banks Rock Products.StonePast Producer
Crown-Zellerbach Co.StonePast Producer
Crown-Zellerbach Co.StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Manning2.2 miles16
Hayward3.4 miles16
Davies Junction4.2 miles16
Glenwood5.0 miles15
Timber5.9 miles15
Banks6.3 miles18
Westimber (historical)6.5 miles15
Balm Grove6.5 miles17

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 BuxtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3273904The 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 1157958. 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.