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Cushman, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97439. It stands on Cox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Cushman within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Cushman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 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
Recreation and ceremony40
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Fireworks9
Smoking7
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersJOAQUIN MILLER
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMERCER TREE
8 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKINGWOOD CAMP
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBENDER LANDING
8 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSHAKE N' BAKE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane District908 QUINCE STREET FIRE
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOAK ST. FIRE
3 September 2018Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMUNSEL CREEK 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cushman: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Acme1.0 miles15
Florence3.0 miles15
Glenada3.6 miles15
Canary4.0 miles15
Heceta Beach5.7 miles17
Mercer (historical)5.7 miles18
Tiernan5.9 miles15
Siltcoos6.7 miles15

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 CushmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5196209The 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 1140573. 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.