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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Cape Ferrelo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Carpenterville quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Gold Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Carpenterville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Gold Beach Unit | WINDY GAP |
| 2 September 1992 | Other causes | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | WHALESHEAD |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CARPENTERVILLE ROAD |
| 18 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Coos Bay District | CARPENTERVILLE ROAD |
| 22 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Gold Beach Unit | THOMAS CREEK |
| 5 July 2004 | Fireworks | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | S PISTOL RIVER |
| 27 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PISTOL RIVER |
| 25 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | MINER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harden Brook Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Harden Brook Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Lawrence Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Lawrence Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Bankus Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bankus Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crockett | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crockett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curry Co Rd Dept #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curry County Road Ept. Pit No. 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pistol River | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Brookings | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Harbor | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hunter Creek | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gold Beach | 13.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wedderburn | 15.0 miles | 11 | |
| Knoxville (historical) | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Jerrys Flat (historical) | 16.2 miles | 11 |
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 Carpenterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474055 | 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 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.






