Chitwood, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eddyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97391. It stands on Crystal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eddyville quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
On record in Chitwood
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
Chitwood Bridgelisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Chitwood between 1993 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Toledo Unit | KLAMATH CREEK |
| 23 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DERRICK LAKE |
| 14 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Toledo Unit | PETERSON CREEK |
| 31 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | STURDEVANT FIRE |
| 30 August 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Toledo Unit | HUTCHCROFT |
| 26 August 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Toledo Unit | HAPPY VALLEY |
| 18 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | PIONEER MT. |
| 18 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | SCOVILLE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Chitwood: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Elk (historical) | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Morrison (historical) | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pioneer City (historical) | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pioneer | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Eddyville | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Elk City | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Logsden | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Nortons | 6.4 miles | 12 |
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 Chitwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5102537 | The 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 1136148. 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.








