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Clear Creek, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Vernonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97064. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clear Creek quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.

Clear Creek within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Clear Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1
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
9 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitSHEELY CREEK
9 September 2001Fireworksunder an acreForest Grove DistrictTIMBER ROAD FIRE #02
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictJOHNSON MOTORHOME
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitNEHALEM HWY S. #3
28 September 2017Debris and open burning2.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKIRK RD. #1
28 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitPETERSON CROSSOVER RD #1
22 September 2000Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitMAYNARD CREEK # 1
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSUNSET GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Clear Creek: 15 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, 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
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Longview Fiber Rocky PointStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stimson Timber Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cloverleaf Mines, LtdStonePast Producer
Cloverleaf Mines, Ltd.StonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast 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
Treharne4.0 miles17
Keasey4.7 miles16
Corey Hill5.5 miles17
Vernonia5.9 miles17
Pittsburg9.4 miles16
Neverstill12.2 miles16
Birkenfeld13.1 miles16
Mist13.2 miles16

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 Q121305949The 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 1118991. 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.