Etelka, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Myrtle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Grants Creek. The Survey maps it on the Powers quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Etelka within Coos 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.

1899 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Powers quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Powers quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:100000
1998 USGS Powers quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Etelka (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 4 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 burning	23
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Natural	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	PARSONAGE LANE 1
5 September 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	PARSONAGE LANE 2
4 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Bridge Unit	SINATRA LANE
29 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Bridge Unit	YELLOW CREEK
29 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Coos Bay District	ECKLEY
28 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Bridge Unit	BROADBENT
23 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	CRIBBINS HILL
29 August 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Bridge Unit	MILL CR. #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Etelka (historical): 27 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Eckley Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Indian Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Broadbent	Stone	Past Producer
Broadbent	Stone	Producer
Eckley Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Eckley Site	Stone	Past Producer
Eckley Site	Stone	Producer
Indian Creek Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Coos 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Gaylord	0.5 miles	18
Broadbent	3.8 miles	19
Bancroft	5.7 miles	18
Powers	5.8 miles	18
Estabrook	5.8 miles	19
Bridge	6.9 miles	19
Myrtle Point	7.2 miles	19
Norway	9.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1154488. 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.