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Dew Valley, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bandon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97411. It stands on Lower Twomile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bandon quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

Dew Valley within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Dew Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 5 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 burning41
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking6
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBILL CREEK
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitWINDHURST ROAD
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGold Beach UnitROSA ROAD
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCROOKED CREEK
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWINHURST LANE
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROSA RD
25 September 1993Other causesunder an acreGold Beach UnitCROOKED CREEK-HWY 101
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHARVEY LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Dew Valley: 13 occurrences, 11 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold. 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
Bandon PlacerTitanium, MetalProducerChromite, Ilmenite, Zircon
Bandon PlacerTitaniumOccurrence
StatsmanManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geiger Creek Mines, Inc.Gold, PlatinumOccurrenceBeach Placer
Geiger Creek Mines, Inc.Gold, PlatinumPast Producer
Johnson Creek Sand & GravelGoldOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Laurel Grove1.0 miles21
Fourmile2.2 miles21
Bandon5.5 miles21
Cranberry Corners6.1 miles20
Winterville6.3 miles21
Bullards7.7 miles20
Prosper7.7 miles21
Parkersburg8.1 miles21

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 Q115117185The 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 1119913. 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.