Dry Creek, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Southeast Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97333. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corvallis quadrangle.

Dry Creek within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

1913 USGS Philomath quadrangle1:31680
1921 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1942 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Dry Creek between 1994 and 2007, burning about 17 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
Debris and open burning	8
Smoking	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Fireworks	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Philomath Unit	RESERVOIR ROAD
5 August 2003	Natural	1.0 acres	Philomath Unit	BELLFOUNTIAN LIGHTING
3 August 1998	Smoking	under an acre	Philomath Unit	NICOLE DR.
27 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Philomath Unit	INAVALE WAY
20 August 1996	Smoking	under an acre	Philomath Unit	ROSS LANE
19 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Philomath Unit	GRANGE HALL ROAD
18 August 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Philomath Unit	BULL RUN
12 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Philomath Unit	COUGAR LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Dry Creek: 21 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Ag-Lime Plant	Calcium	Past Producer
Wicks Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Basalt Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Neuman Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Clay Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Corvallis Brick & Tile	Clay	Past Producer
Corvallis Brick & Tile Pit	Clay	Producer
Corvallis Brick & Tile Works	Clay	Past Producer
Builder Supply	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Builders Supply	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Benton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Corvallis	4.2 miles	23
Philomath	5.4 miles	23
Flynn	6.4 miles	19
Noon	7.1 miles	19
Lewisburg	8.7 miles	18
Wren	9.9 miles	19
Bellfountain	10.6 miles	19
Harris	11.0 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1141269. 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.