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Elk City, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Toledo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97391. It stands on Big Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toledo South quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Elk City within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

52 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Elk City between 1993 and 2019, burning about 112 acres in total. 2 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 burning20
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes4
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreToledo UnitKLAMATH CREEK
26 September 1993Smoking2.0 acresToledo UnitSTANTON CEMETERY
24 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreToledo Unit1000 OLD'S
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH BAY RD. FIRE
4 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestSPIKE
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTURDEVANT FIRE
31 August 1996Other causes1.0 acresToledo UnitCRITESER LOOP
27 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitBEAVER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Elk City: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Smith TransferStonePast Producer
Smith TransferStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
St Clair PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
St. Clair PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Goddard SiteClayPast Producer
Goddard SiteClayProducer
Unnamed PitClayProducer

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
Pioneer City (historical)1.6 miles11
Morrison (historical)2.0 miles11
Pioneer2.0 miles11
Sunnyridge2.9 miles11
Toledo3.1 miles11
Chitwood3.9 miles11
Little Elk (historical)5.3 miles11
Eddyville5.6 miles11

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.

Wikipedia article on Elk CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12890318The 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 1141742. 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.