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Clearwater, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the North Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97447. It stands on Clearwater River. The Survey maps it on the Toketee Falls quadrangle. It stands 2,435 feet above sea level.

Clearwater within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Clearwater between 1992 and 2018, burning about 40 acres in total. 58 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
Natural58
Recreation and ceremony31
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
9 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National ForestHILL
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National ForestPIG IRON MT
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National ForestBALDY
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National ForestLM2
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National ForestBRUSH
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National ForestYELLOW JACKET
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUmpqua National ForestCLEARWATER 2
7 September 1993Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Clearwater: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Beryllium, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Nitrogen-Nitrates. 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
Camas Creek PitStonePast Producer
Camas Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mowich CaveNitrogen-NitratesOccurrence
Umpqua Warm SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
GlucinumBerylliumOccurrence
Glucinum GroupBerylliumProspect

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Toketee Falls1.8 miles14
Diamond Lake16.1 miles15
Steamboat17.6 miles12
North Umpqua Village28.2 miles11
Hoaglin (historical)31.5 miles17
Idleyld Park32.2 miles17
Peel32.4 miles17
Rockland (historical)34.5 miles17

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 ClearwaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5130919The 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 1139810. 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.