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Fairview, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lebanon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97355. It stands on Noble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.

Fairview within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87 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 burning45
Equipment and vehicle use26
Other causes9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
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
8 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFLIBERTY
6 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFSANTIAM TERRACE/HWY 20
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFBELLINGER ROAD
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District7TH STREET WATERLOO
4 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFOLD SANTIAM
3 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFSODAVILLE
29 September 1998Other causesunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFHWY 20 #5
28 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFBELLINGER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 15 past producers, 15 producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
CormierStonePast Producer
Cormier PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harrington Shale PitStonePast Producer
Harrington Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
JohnsonStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn 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
Waterloo1.3 miles16
Santiam Terrace2.3 miles16
Sodaville2.7 miles16
Liberty3.3 miles16
Berlin4.2 miles12
Crowfoot4.3 miles23
South Lebanon4.8 miles23
Evansville (historical)5.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130641. 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.