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Chapman Landing, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Scappoose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97056. The Survey maps it on the Sauvie Island quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.

Chapman Landing within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Chapman Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY POINT
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreColumbia City UnitJ P WEST RD.
27 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitRABINSKI ROAD #1
14 September 2012Smoking2.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOLADAY RD. #1
12 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDUTCH CANYON RD. #1
12 September 1997Naturalunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWYETH BENCH
1 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGILMORE RD #1
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictRABINSKY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Chapman Landing: 18 past producers, 8 producers, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Iron, 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
Bauxite Scapoose - St HelensTitanium, Metal, Aluminum, IronOccurrenceLimonite
Bonser ProspectAluminum, IronOccurrenceBauxite
Scapoose-St. Helens BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronOccurrence
Scappoose IronIron, Mineral PigmentsProducerLimonite
Bonser ProspectAluminum, IronOccurrence
C. AnikerStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Colport Charcoal IronIronOccurrence
CorthStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
D. F. SalzmanStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
L. EstundStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Scappoose2.0 miles17
South Scappoose2.1 miles23
Johnson Crossing2.1 miles23
Warren5.1 miles18
McNulty6.5 miles18
Bachelor Flat (historical)7.2 miles18
West Saint Helens7.7 miles18
Spitzenberg7.8 miles17

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 Q121304640The 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 1118828. 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.