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Dorena, 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 Rat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dorena Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dorena within Lane County

On record in Dorena

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 1 record

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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Dorena (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural15
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2003Natural1.0 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictRRT
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBLUE MOUNTAIN
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROW RIVER TRAILER
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFBRYSON SEARS
30 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFRAT FIRE
3 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFDOWENS ROAD
27 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCERRO GORDO FIRE
24 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFKIZER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Dorena (historical): 6 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
Cottage Grove Native CopperCopperOccurrenceCopper, Malachite
Cottage Grove Native CopperCopperProspect
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
East PitStonePast Producer
East PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Walden4.1 miles13
Dorena5.2 miles14
Wildwood5.4 miles14
Culp Creek6.6 miles14
Latham7.1 miles13
Cottage Grove7.1 miles13
Gap7.3 miles11
Saginaw7.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1699691. 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.