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Currinsville, Oregon

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97023. It stands on Saling Creek. The Survey maps it on the Estacada quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.

Currinsville within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Currinsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,567 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning71
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitDAY HILL
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLILIAN LN
8 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAGLE VIEW
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSHERMAN COOPER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,508 acresMolalla UnitDOWTY RD
6 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOWTY RD FIRE
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNURSERY PILE
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitPAUL BUNYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Currinsville: 32 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bauxite DepositClayOccurrence
Ferruginous Bauxite DepositAluminum, Iron, TitaniumProspect
Red Rock Pit 7511 TrsStone, DimensionUnknown
E FischerStonePast Producer
Estacada Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
South Eagle PitStonePast Producer
U S Forest Service-South EagleStonePast Producer
Unknown 5StonePast Producer
E FischerStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Estacada Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clackamas County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Currinsville in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2017FloodCurrinsville-Heavy rain caused the Clackamas River near Estacada to flood. The river crested at 21.40 feet, which is 1.40 ft above flood stage.

Every storm recorded in Clackamas 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
Estacada1.8 miles25
Paradise Park2.2 miles25
Tracy2.9 miles25
Douglass Ridge2.9 miles25
Eagle Creek3.0 miles25
Viola3.8 miles25
Garfield (historical)4.3 miles25
Springwater4.4 miles25

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 Q122570059The 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 1136196. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.