Earl, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Middle Siuslaw River-Triangle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97453. It stands on Sheep Ranch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baldy Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Earl within Lane County

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.

1919 USGS Earl quadrangle1:48000
1943 USGS Goodwin Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS Goodwin Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Goodwin Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Earl (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 653 acres in total. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Smoking	1
Debris and open burning	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
5 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	SWEET CREEK
2 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SMITTIE RIDGE
9 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SWEET CREEK ROAD
5 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Coos Bay District	GOLDBRICK
5 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Western Lane District	TRIM FIRE
4 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Western Lane District	TWO GATES FIRE
19 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	BILLYGOAT 075
17 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	PEACH 071

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Earl (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Elk Wallow	Stone	Past Producer
	Elk Wallow Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Point Terrace	5.1 miles	15
Tiernan	6.2 miles	15
Mapleton	6.2 miles	15
Canary	8.5 miles	15
Brickerville	8.6 miles	15
Tide	8.8 miles	15
Swisshome	9.0 miles	15
Rainrock	9.2 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1153678. 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.