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Fairview, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tillamook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97141. It stands on Hughey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tillamook quadrangle. 498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Fairview within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 2 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 burning26
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 6 MP 7
9 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDEER ROAD
8 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBRADBURN
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTillamook DistrictTWISTED GATE
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBLIMP BASE
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictLATIMER ROAD
25 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictBELLS ROAD
24 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFAIRVIEW 9575

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 21 past producers, 19 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Tillamook Clay WorksClayPast Producer
Tillamook Clay WorksClayPast Producer
BurdickStonePast Producer
Burdick PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jacob QuarryStonePast Producer
Jacob QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clarks BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clarks BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tillamook 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
Hathaway Mead1.6 miles17
Tillamook2.9 miles17
Idaville5.4 miles16
Pleasant Valley6.4 miles16
Bay City7.0 miles17
Netarts8.5 miles16
Hobsonville8.7 miles17
Barnegat (historical)8.9 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 FairviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28095136The 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 1141946. 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.