BlockDencer, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97306. It lies near Jory Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sidney quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:31680
- 1917 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Dencer (historical) in 1998, burning about 175 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 175 acres | Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge | GOOSE1988 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 52 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Dencer (historical): 28 past producers, 14 producers, 8 occurrences, 2 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Acre Ranch | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Aluminum | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Bauxite Prospect | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Entress Farm | Titanium, Metal, Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Entress Farm | Aluminum, Clay, Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Illahee Hill | Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Salem Hills Bauxite | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Lithium | Occurrence | 1945 | |
| Salem Hills Bauxite | Aluminum, Silica, Titanium, Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Wigrich-Pomeroy Bar | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rosedale | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Roberts | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Grabenhorst Corner | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Salem Station (historical) | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Salem | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sidney | 6.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130129. 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.