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Elsie, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Jewell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97138. It stands on Larsen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elsie quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.

Elsie within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Elsie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 burning16
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPOPE-MEEKER
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLOST LAKE 4
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAstoria DistrictRED BLUFF
27 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictEVERGREEN
25 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLOST LAKE
22 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBAY ROAD FIRE
16 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictRED BLUFF
16 September 1993Smokingunder an acreAstoria DistrictHUMBUG CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Elsie: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Humbug PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Elderberry PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Humbug PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East HumbugStonePast Producer
ElderberryStonePast Producer
Humberg RockStonePast Producer
Humberg RockStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamend PitStoneProducer
West Humbug PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Mishawaka1.4 miles16
Lukarilla2.7 miles16
Vinemaple3.1 miles17
Tideport5.0 miles17
Grand Rapids5.4 miles17
Hamlet5.8 miles17
Denver (historical)6.1 miles17
Jewell6.8 miles17

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 ElsieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3710426The 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 1136261. 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.