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Central Point, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Canby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97045. It stands on Cahill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canby quadrangle. It stands 289 feet above sea level.

Central Point within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Central Point between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 burning5
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2011Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitLELAND
2 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSPANGLER GRASS FIRE
29 August 2016Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersUNION HALL FIRE
29 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitCARUS RD FIRE
28 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMolalla UnitBEATIE RD
23 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitKIRK RD
21 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGLEN DRIVE GRASS
18 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitEL DORADO FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Central Point: 22 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Carl Hansen PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Petes MtnIronPast Producer
Petes MtnIronPast Producer
Terrill Silica DepositSilicaOccurrence
Terrill Silica DepositSilicaPast Producer
Forman Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J P VlahosStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pynns Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Forman Quarry #2StonePast Producer
J P VlahosStonePast Producer

Every working 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
New Era1.6 miles21
O'Neil Corners2.4 miles21
Stringtown (historical)3.1 miles21
Mount Pleasant3.3 miles19
Canemah3.5 miles19
Fishers Corner3.5 miles19
Carus3.6 miles19
Willamette3.9 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 Q130739560The 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 1118784. 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.