Cochrane, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Monmouth-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97361. The Survey maps it on the Rickreall quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cochrane within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1915 USGS Rickreall quadrangle1:31680
1917 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1940 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Rickreall quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Cochrane (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 46 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Debris and open burning	4
Other causes	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	MOUNT PISGAH
5 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge	EAST BASKETT SLOUGH
15 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Dallas Unit	CHURCH ROAD
14 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	POWER DOWN
1 September 2012	Other causes	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	BALLARD ROAD
7 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Dallas Unit	MONMOUTH HIGHWAY
3 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	BURSELL RD.
29 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Dallas Unit	COOPER HOLLOW RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 Cochrane (historical): 9 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hanna Ranch	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hanna Ranch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Swope Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Swope Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bowersville (historical)	2.5 miles	13
Monmouth	2.5 miles	16
Rickreall	3.2 miles	16
Independence	3.5 miles	16
Fir Villa	3.6 miles	13
Stapleton	4.3 miles	16
Dallas	4.9 miles	13
Ellendale	7.0 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166740. 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.