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Cove Orchard, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Carlton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97148. The Survey maps it on the Gaston quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.

Cove Orchard within Yamhill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Cove Orchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 47 MCLOUGHLIN FIRE
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMARSHALL ROAD TREE FIRE
25 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictLINCOLN AVENUE FIRE
24 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreForest Grove DistrictGOODIN CREEK FIRE #2
24 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresForest Grove DistrictPLEASANT SMITH BARN FIRE
19 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPONDEROSA FIRE
12 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictROCKYFORD PILE #2
9 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresForest Grove DistrictOLSON ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yamhill County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cove Orchard: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Aluminum, Aluminum. 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
Bauxite YamhillIron, Titanium, Metal, AluminumOccurrence
Yamhill Bauxite DepositAluminum, Titanium, IronProspect
Carpenter Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gaston/Person QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Laurelwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scoggins Dam PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carpenter Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Gaston/Person QuarryStonePast Producer
Laurelwood QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Yamhill 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
Lunnville2.0 miles16
Yamhill2.9 miles16
Dewey (historical)3.2 miles17
Carlton5.7 miles16
Sunnycrest8.8 miles16
Lafayette9.3 miles22
Saint Joseph9.5 miles21
Fairdale (historical)9.6 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.

Wikipedia article on Cove OrchardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28035723The 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 1162920. 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.