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Downs, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mount Angel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97362. It stands on Evans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silverton quadrangle. It stands 207 feet above sea level.

Downs within Marion County

On record in Downs

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

8 surveys from 16 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Downs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitDAVIS CREEK
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSantiam Unit213 GRASS
24 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresSantiam UnitMASCHER
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTORMY
19 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH ABIQUA
13 September 1999Debris and open burning4.5 acresSantiam UnitDREW LANE
11 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitEVANS VALLEY
31 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSantiam UnitSOUTH ABIQUA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Downs: 9 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Abiqua Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Abiqua Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Asboe QuarryStonePast Producer
Asboe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Davis CreekStonePast Producer
Davis Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Floyd Grahm Consr CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pembroke/Silverton Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pembroke/Silverton Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Mount Angel1.8 miles16
Bethany2.4 miles16
Silverton2.6 miles16
Dominic (historical)3.3 miles16
McKee4.0 miles16
North Howell4.3 miles16
Monitor4.8 miles15
Labish Center6.4 miles15

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 Q113519148The 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 1120064. 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.