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Cheshire, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Junction City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97419. It stands on Owens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cheshire quadrangle. 329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 338 feet above sea level.

Cheshire within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Cheshire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning20
Other causes5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKIRK RD #2
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresWestern Lane DistrictJ C FIRE
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictTURNBOW FIRE
4 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictFERGUSON LAWN
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFOVERLOOK ROCK
22 September 2001Other causesunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictOWENS CREEK FIRE
18 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresWestern Lane DistrictCORY ROAD FIRE
16 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSMYTH ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cheshire: 14 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Junction CityClayOccurrence
Junction City DepositClayOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Junction City PondSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Junction City PondSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Franklin2.2 miles17
Goldson3.5 miles17
Alvadore4.5 miles17
Junction City4.7 miles18
Starrs Point (historical)5.6 miles19
Lancaster6.5 miles16
Estrup (historical)6.6 miles17
Fern Ridge Shores7.5 miles18

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 CheshireAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478112The 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 1166628. 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.