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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 Hawley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Culp Creek quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.

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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Dorena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 2 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 use13
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Other causes11
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking5
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFRRT
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 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 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFUPPER MOSBY CRK
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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dorena: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 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
Pitcher ProspectMercuryOccurrence1935
Pitcher ProspectMercuryProspect
Culp Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Culp Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Perkins Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Perkins Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
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 Creek1.4 miles14
Wildwood4.5 miles14
Disston5.1 miles14
Dorena (historical)5.2 miles14
Walden8.5 miles13
Gap10.3 miles11
Latham11.3 miles13
Cottage Grove11.8 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 DorenaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5297716The 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 1141192. 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.