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Carver, Oregon

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Northwest Clackamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97089. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Damascus quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Carver within Clackamas County

On record in Carver

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Carver between 1992 and 2014, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 8 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
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMolalla UnitBARTON BRIDGE
8 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitS HWY 224
4 August 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAST BARTON
26 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCAZADERO TRAIL #7
25 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCAZADERO TRAIL 6
23 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMolalla UnitSPACE #58
22 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCAZADERO TRAIL 5
22 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCAZADERO TRAIL 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Carver: 27 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
E FischerStonePast Producer
Old Barton PitStonePast Producer
Seventh Day AdventistsStonePast Producer
Damascus Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
E FischerStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Barton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Seventh Day AdventistsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
106 Th. Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arrowhead Timber CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arrowhead Timber Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carver in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1996Thunderstorm WindCarver1 killedno account filed
February 2017Heavy RainCarver-Broadcast Media reported a landslide closed Highway 224 near Tong Road in Damascus in both directions following a weekend of heavy rain.
January 2012FloodCarver-Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Clackamas River near Oregon City to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. The Clackamas River crested at 39.5 feet on January 20th at 2 am PST, 0.5 feet above flood stage.
January 2009FloodCarver-Heavy rainfall combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Clackamas River near Oregon City to overflow its banks. Major flooding occurred downstream of Carver toward Oregon City causing significant property damage.

Every storm recorded in Clackamas 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
Holcomb2.0 miles19
Damascus2.6 miles25
Sunnyside2.7 miles23
Damascus Heights3.1 miles25
Redland3.5 miles25
Clackamas4.0 miles23
Happy Valley4.0 miles23
Johnson City4.4 miles23

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 CarverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1354440The 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 1136126. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.