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Coos River, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Eastside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97420. It stands on South Fork Coos River. The Survey maps it on the Allegany quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Coos River within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Coos River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 6 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 burning26
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural6
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationNOAH BUTTE
30 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationDANIELS CREEK
27 September 2001Smokingunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationBARVIEW
26 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLIVE BARBER RD #2
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTOCK SLOUGH
22 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictCHANDLER CREEK 2
2 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationKENTUCK CREEK
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 241 MM 7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Coos River: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Johnson Rock Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
KenrockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Koos Rock QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Koostone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mahaffy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morgan W. C. LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
EnegrenStonePast Producer
EnegrenStoneProducer
KenrockStoneProducer
KentuckStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Cooston4.6 miles20
Dellwood4.7 miles20
Allegany4.9 miles20
Eastside5.0 miles21
Bay Park5.7 miles21
Bunker Hill5.7 miles21
Millington6.0 miles21
Coos Bay6.2 miles21

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 Q114881145The 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 1132593. 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.