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Cedar Point, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coquille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97423. It stands on Cunningham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coquille quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Cedar Point within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 5 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 burning31
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationLITTLE FISHTRAP
7 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRODDERICK RD # 2
6 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRODDERICK RD
6 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationBEAVER SLOUGH
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH BANK RD
30 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationBEAVER CREEK
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFINLEY LOOP
21 September 2012Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 42S MILEPOST 14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Point: 22 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mcleod QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fat Elk SiteStonePast Producer
Fat Elk SiteStoneProducer
Mcleod QuarryStonePast Producer
Mcmullen PitStonePast Producer
Mcmullen PitStonePast Producer
Messerle SiteStonePast Producer
Messerle SiteStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Coquille1.4 miles19
Riverton3.6 miles21
Leneve3.7 miles21
Coaledo3.8 miles19
Green Acres5.4 miles21
Arago5.5 miles19
Kings Landing (historical)5.6 miles21
Delmar5.6 miles21

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 Q115117737The 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 1161307. 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.