Cooston, 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 97459. It stands on Willanch Slough. The Survey maps it on the North Bend quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS North Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
129 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Cooston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | IDA LANE |
| 5 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | SHINGLEHOUSE SLOUGH |
| 4 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | NOAH BUTTE |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | KENTUCK WAY |
| 27 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | BARVIEW |
| 26 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLIVE BARBER RD #2 |
| 25 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MERRITT LAKE FIRE |
| 25 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PONY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Cooston: 24 past producers, 17 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Chromium, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koostone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Parker Magnet Process | Chromium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Parker Magnetic Process | Chromium, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Coo-Sand Corp. | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Coosand Corp. | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Burch | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Burch Deposits | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Enegren | Stone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| North Bend | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Coos Bay | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Bunker Hill | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Glasgow | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Bay Park | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Englewood | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Millington | 4.4 miles | 21 |
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 Cooston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5168087 | The 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 1140089. 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.









