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Elmira, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Badger Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97437. It stands on Hannavan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Veneta quadrangle. 546 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 387 feet above sea level.

Elmira within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Elmira between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 were 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 burning56
Equipment and vehicle use49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking10
Other causes8
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2004Other causesunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictPARADISE ROAD
9 September 1992Smokingunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictPALL MALL RIDGE
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKIRK RD #2
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictACADEMY SAW DUST
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictFALCON ROAD FIRE
3 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWestern Lane DistrictPERKINS ROAD FIRE
3 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictGOOD MORNING
26 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSUTTLE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Elmira: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Elmira ClayClay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fisher ButteStonePast Producer
Fisher Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Parker RanchClayProspect

Every working recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmira in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2018Funnel CloudElmira-Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud NE of Veneta.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Veneta1.2 miles18
Fern Ridge Shores2.7 miles18
Noti5.0 miles17
Crow5.1 miles11
Vaughn5.2 miles17
Alvadore6.4 miles17
Goldson6.8 miles17
Hadleyville6.9 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 ElmiraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474058The 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 1136259. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.