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Dora, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Myrtle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Steel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dora quadrangle. It stands 148 feet above sea level.

Dora within Coos County

On record in Dora

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Dora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 6 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 burning13
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBridge UnitSITKUM LANE
22 September 2001Other causesunder an acreBridge UnitLEE VALLEY
21 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictLONE PINE ROAD
12 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBridge UnitYANKEE RUN
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSITKUM LANE MM 15
9 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitDORA CEMETARY
8 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictMP 16 SITKUM LN
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBridge UnitGOLDBRICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos 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 Dora: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
John R Stinson RanchGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
John R Stinson RanchGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coos County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dora in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2024FloodDora-The North Fork of the Coquille River at Myrtle Point rose above minor flood stage of 35.0 ft at 14/1040 PST, and crested at minor flood stage at 35.07 ft at 14/1045 PST. The river dropped below minor flood stage at 14/1415 PST.

Every storm 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
McKinley4.3 miles19
Sitkum5.1 miles11
Lee (historical)6.2 miles19
Gravelford7.4 miles19
Fairview7.5 miles19
Bridge9.5 miles19
Remote10.9 miles11
Norway11.3 miles19

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 DoraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5297376The 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 1136227. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.