Calloway, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97330. It stands on Arbor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Calloway within Benton County

On record in Calloway

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

North Palestine Baptist Churchlisted 2013 · 0.8 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

1913 USGS Wells quadrangle1:31680
1916 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Lewisburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Calloway (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 20 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 burning	4
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Arson/incendiarism	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 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SULPHUR SOAP
28 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Philomath Unit	RIVENDALE LANE FIRE
2 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Philomath Unit	CRESENT VALLEY DR
12 September 2000	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Philomath Unit	MT. VIEW DRIVE
6 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Philomath Unit	LEWISBERG AVE
6 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Philomath Unit	ARMSTRONG DRIVE
5 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Philomath Unit	SOAP CREEK LIGHTING
30 August 2001	Smoking	5.0 acres	Philomath Unit	MICHELLE DR.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Calloway (historical): 23 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Porcupine Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Coffin Butte Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Coffin Butte Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Oregon State University	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Oregon State University	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Coffin Butte	Stone	Past Producer
Oregon State University	Stone	Past Producer
Oregon State University	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Benton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Adair Village	0.7 miles	18
Lewisburg	2.7 miles	18
North Albany	5.9 miles	19
Corvallis	7.2 miles	23
Keas Corner	9.6 miles	19
Dry Creek	11.3 miles	23
Philomath	11.7 miles	23
Kings Valley	12.2 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163463. 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.