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Douglass Ridge, Oregon

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97022. It stands on North Fork Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Estacada quadrangle.

Douglass Ridge within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

176 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Douglass Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,584 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning92
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Smoking8
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2

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 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitDAY HILL
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLILIAN LN
8 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAGLE VIEW
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSHERMAN COOPER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,508 acresMolalla UnitDOWTY RD
6 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOWTY RD FIRE
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNURSERY PILE
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitPAUL BUNYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Douglass Ridge: 26 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Red Rock Pit 7511 TrsStone, DimensionUnknown
Estacada Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
South Eagle PitStonePast Producer
Estacada Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fishcreek Turn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Goodfellow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 7524 TrsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rimtie 6805 TrsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sandstone 6604 TrsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South Eagle PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Tracy2.8 miles25
Currinsville2.9 miles25
Eagle Creek3.2 miles25
Dover3.9 miles18
Estacada4.0 miles25
Sandy4.3 miles26
Garfield (historical)4.7 miles25
Firwood4.7 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.

Wikidata item Q49686173The 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 1136229. 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.