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Carpenterville, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Brookings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97415. It lies near Rocky Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Carpenterville quadrangle. It stands 1,634 feet above sea level.

Carpenterville within Curry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Carpenterville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 744 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 burning7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
21 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresGold Beach UnitWINDY GAP
2 September 1992Other causesunder an acreGold Beach UnitWHALESHEAD
19 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCARPENTERVILLE ROAD
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresCoos Bay DistrictCARPENTERVILLE ROAD
22 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGold Beach UnitTHOMAS CREEK
5 July 2004Fireworksunder an acreGold Beach UnitS PISTOL RIVER
27 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPISTOL RIVER
25 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitMINER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Carpenterville: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Harden Brook ManganeseManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Harden Brook ManganeseManganeseProspect
Lawrence ManganeseManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Lawrence ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Bankus BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bankus BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
CrockettSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crockett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Curry Co Rd Dept #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Curry County Road Ept. Pit No. 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Curry 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
Pistol River4.9 miles10
Brookings11.9 miles9
Harbor12.1 miles9
Hunter Creek12.3 miles11
Gold Beach13.6 miles11
Wedderburn15.0 miles11
Knoxville (historical)15.4 miles11
Jerrys Flat (historical)16.2 miles11

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 CarpentervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474055The 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 1139388. 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.