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Ellendale, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97338. It stands on Ellendale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.

Ellendale within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Ellendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75 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
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Fireworks2

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 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHIDDEN RANCH 2
9 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDallas UnitBROWN ROAD
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWESTON ROAD
8 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresDallas UnitFALLS CITY #1
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMOUNT PISGAH
7 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreDallas UnitMCBEE RD.
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreDallas UnitPIONEER ROAD
4 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreDallas UnitCOOPER HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Ellendale: 16 past producers, 10 producers, 5 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Manganese. 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
Dallas ManganeseManganeseOccurrenceHausmannite
Dallas ProspectManganeseOccurrence1941
Kingwell & Mc Manners ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Lime Products CoLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Lime Products Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Oregon Portland Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Oregon Portland Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralPast Producer
Rickreall Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Waymire Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Bailey PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Oakdale2.1 miles12
Dallas2.2 miles13
Fir Villa4.3 miles13
Ferns (historical)5.2 miles15
Bowersville (historical)5.3 miles13
Carey (historical)5.6 miles12
Bridgeport5.8 miles12
Falls City6.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136258. 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.