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Davies Junction, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Coast Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97106. It stands on Garrigus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

Davies Junction within Washington 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Davies Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 2 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 burning35
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSKYRANCH FIRE
8 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGREEN MTN ILLEGAL BURN
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDAVIDSON ROAD FIRE
4 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPONGRATZ FIRE
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDAIRY CREEK BURN
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictBACONA RD BURN
29 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGREEN MT BURN
27 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDC GRASS BURN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Davies Junction: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 Pumpkin RidgeAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceGibbsite, Limonite
Pumpkin Ridge BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronOccurrence
Banks Rock Products QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Satellite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Banks Rock Products.StonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Satellite QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Manning2.1 miles16
Banks2.1 miles18
Wilkesboro3.2 miles18
Kansas City3.4 miles17
Buxton4.2 miles16
Hayward4.3 miles16
Hillside4.7 miles17
Mountaindale5.3 miles18

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 Q122592462The 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 1157969. 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.