Denzer, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Waldport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97390. It stands on Lobster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Five Rivers quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Denzer within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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.

1942 USGS Tidewater quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Tidewater quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Five Rivers quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Denzer (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	2
Natural	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Fireworks	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
5 September 1993	Smoking	1.0 acres	Siuslaw National Forest	not named
2 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	FIVE RIVERS RD.
14 September 1992	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Western Lane District	FIVE RIVER
20 August 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	LONG HAIR
13 August 2002	Power generation/transmission/distribution	3.0 acres	Philomath Unit	WILKINSON CREEK
4 July 2006	Fireworks	under an acre	Toledo Unit	LITTLE SWITZERLAND
3 July 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Western Lane District	FIVE RIVERS
29 July 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	MILE POST 22

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Denzer (historical): 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Basalt Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Wolf Creek Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Wolf Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fisher	3.2 miles	13
Little Switzerland	5.8 miles	13
Alsea Rivera	6.0 miles	13
Tidewater	6.3 miles	13
Little Albany	6.4 miles	13
Euclid (historical)	6.9 miles	13
Westwood Village	6.9 miles	13
Drift Creek	10.3 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1153577. 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.