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Disston, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cottage Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97434. It stands on Brice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Culp Creek quadrangle.

Disston within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Disston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 17 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
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural17
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Other causes5
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFRRT
8 September 2017Natural1.0 acresUmpqua National ForestTRAIL
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictROW RIVER 10000
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROW RIVER FIRE
25 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUmpqua National ForestCRAWFISH
25 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUmpqua National ForestPUTRID
23 September 2002Other causesunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFBRICE CREEK
21 September 2010Other causesunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFLINSEED FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Disston: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury. 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
Culp Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Culp Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pitcher ProspectMercuryOccurrence1935
Pitcher ProspectMercuryProspect
Silver Stairs Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Silver Stairs Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Culp Creek4.1 miles14
Dorena5.1 miles14
Wildwood6.3 miles14
Dorena (historical)9.9 miles14
Bohemia (historical)10.0 miles15
Glenwood (historical)10.3 miles15
Armet (historical)12.2 miles15
Walden13.6 miles13

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 DisstonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5282833The 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 1141052. 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.