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Corey Hill, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Vernonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97064. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vernonia quadrangle.

Corey Hill within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Corey Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 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 burning13
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLOUISIANA AVE #1
9 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitSHEELY CREEK
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
28 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitSHORT ROAD #1
22 September 2000Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitMAYNARD CREEK # 1
17 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitNEHALEM HWY N. #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Corey Hill: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
ArchibaldStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Oak Ranch Pit 1 & 2StonePast Producer
Archibald PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oak Ranch PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oak Ranch Pit No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Vernonia0.7 miles17
Treharne1.6 miles17
Pittsburg3.9 miles16
Clear Creek5.5 miles16
Keasey6.6 miles16
Mist9.7 miles16
Neverstill10.8 miles16
Birkenfeld11.3 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 Q122558132The 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 1136175. 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.