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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.

Chitwood within Lincoln County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

32 since 1993

Regional 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 burning16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreToledo UnitKLAMATH CREEK
23 September 2000Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitDERRICK LAKE
14 September 2002Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitPETERSON CREEK
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTURDEVANT FIRE
30 August 2003Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreToledo UnitHUTCHCROFT
26 August 2009Fireworksunder an acreToledo UnitHAPPY VALLEY
18 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitPIONEER MT.
18 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitSCOVILLE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
QuarryStonePast Producer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Little Elk (historical)2.1 miles11
Morrison (historical)2.2 miles11
Pioneer City (historical)2.4 miles11
Pioneer2.6 miles11
Eddyville2.8 miles11
Elk City3.9 miles11
Logsden6.3 miles11
Nortons6.4 miles12

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 ChitwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5102537The 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.