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Fall Creek, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lowell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97438. It stands on Little Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle. It stands 627 feet above sea level.

Fall Creek within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Fall Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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 burning39
Equipment and vehicle use33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes6
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLITTLE FALL CREEK STAT
9 September 2002Smokingunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFHILLS CREEK
5 September 1992Other causesunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFJACOBY MOUNTAIN
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFALL CREEK DAM
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersENTERPRISE ROAD
4 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution2.4 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFHAROLDS
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 58 HOUSE FIRE
3 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKIMBALL ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Fall Creek: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic. 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
Gold MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Fall Creek RanchClayOccurrenceKaolinite
Fall Creek RanchClayPast Producer
Snyder Ranch ArsenicArsenicOccurrenceRealgar
Snyder Ranch ArsenicArsenicOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weather's Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weather's Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fall Creek QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Trent2.4 miles14
Unity2.9 miles14
Dexter3.0 miles14
Lowell3.4 miles14
Jasper5.2 miles14
Winberry5.7 miles15
Pleasant Hill5.9 miles14
Cedar Flat6.5 miles13

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 Q5432016The 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 1120587. 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.