Calapooia, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sweet Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97386. It stands on Pugh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chandler Mountain quadrangle. It stands 637 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1951 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mc Kenzie River quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Chandler Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Calapooia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | FERNRIDGE # 2 |
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | HWY 228 # 6 |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CALAPOOIA POWER LINE 1 |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | MCQUEEN # 1 |
| 5 September 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | OLD HOLLEY ROAD # 1 |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | MCQUEEN |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 228 |
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HOLLEY BRIDGE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Calapooia: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiam Jct. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Santiam Jct. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Morse Brothers Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morse Brothers Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holley | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Greenville | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sweet Home | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Crawfordsville | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Foster | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Santiam Terrace | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 11.1 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q111836114 | The 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 1637835. 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.







