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Elwood, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97017. It stands on Bittner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elwood quadrangle. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.

Elwood within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Elwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 571 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 burning65
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictHUNTER RD CF 2
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution497 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictUNGER RD FIRE
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBAURER ROAD
4 September 2011Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitHULT
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District4510 FIRE
27 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitUNGER ROAD
24 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitMETZLER ROAD
20 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitKINZY RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Elwood: 20 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Clear CreekIron, Aluminum, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceBauxite
Ferruginous Bauxite DepositAluminum, Iron, TitaniumProspect
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceUnknown
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Arthur H SynderSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arthur H SynderSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bauxite DepositClayOccurrence
Clear CreekAluminum, ClayProspect
B L M 01Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
B L M 02Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Springwater3.3 miles25
Old Colton3.4 miles19
Highland3.5 miles19
Dodge3.6 miles18
Upper Highland3.7 miles19
North Highland3.8 miles25
Timber Grove4.1 miles19
Colton4.4 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q130717373The 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 1141846. 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.