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.
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.
Edwin and Ethel Abernethy Houselisted 1988 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1928 USGS Sitkum quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Sitkum quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Dora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Bridge Unit | SITKUM LANE |
| 22 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Bridge Unit | LEE VALLEY |
| 21 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | LONE PINE ROAD |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Bridge Unit | YANKEE RUN |
| 9 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SITKUM LANE MM 15 |
| 9 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bridge Unit | DORA CEMETARY |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coos Bay District | MP 16 SITKUM LN |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Bridge Unit | GOLDBRICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John R Stinson Ranch | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| John R Stinson Ranch | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Flood | Dora | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Sitkum | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lee (historical) | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Gravelford | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Fairview | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bridge | 9.5 miles | 19 | |
| Remote | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Norway | 11.3 miles | 19 |
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 Dora | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5297376 | The 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.





