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Clatskanie Heights, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clatskanie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It sits by The Billboard. The Survey maps it on the Clatskanie quadrangle. It stands 1,073 feet above sea level.

Clatskanie Heights within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Clatskanie Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitCOLVIN ROAD #1
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitCONYERS CREEK #1
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOWARD DRIVE
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitLINDBERG RD.#1CLATS AREA
16 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitOLSON RD #1
11 September 1992Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitKELTY ROAD
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPALM CREEK RD. #1
5 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLSON ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Clatskanie Heights: 27 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
A. BergmanSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A. BergmanSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paul Zimmerly Road ConstructionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paul Zimmerly Road ConstructionSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crown ZellerbachStonePast Producer
Crown ZellerbachStonePast Producer
Crown ZellerbachStonePast Producer
Crown ZellerbachStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Crown ZellerbachStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crown ZellerbachStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Clatskanie3.1 miles15
Mist5.0 miles16
Inglis5.3 miles15
Marshland5.7 miles15
Quincy6.5 miles15
Kyser (historical)6.8 miles15
Woodson7.5 miles15
Delena7.5 miles15

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 Q121305855The 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 1136155. 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.