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Drift Creek, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Waldport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97394. It stands on Southworth Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tidewater quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Drift Creek within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Drift Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2003Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitDARKEY CREEK
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBREAKER FIRE
2 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitPARK BUM
16 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitCROTCHLINE SADDLE
1 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestDRIFT BOAT FIRE
1 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitCOZY ACRES
24 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestKAYDEN
21 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestTRAILOR 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Drift Creek: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Eckman Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pankey QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eckman Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pankey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
WaldportStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Linville (historical)2.2 miles13
Bayview2.9 miles16
Westwood Village3.5 miles13
Waldport4.0 miles16
Little Albany4.4 miles13
Bayshore4.6 miles16
Little Switzerland5.0 miles13
Tidewater5.1 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.

Wikidata item Q113634049The 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 1162263. 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.