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Fern Hill, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Astoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97103. It stands on Jack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cathlamet Bay quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.

Fern Hill within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Fern Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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 burning36
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Other causes2

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictJACK CREEK
6 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMITSCHER RD.
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCUTTER
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILE 11 FIRE
22 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAstoria DistrictWILLIAMSPORT 2
20 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRUSTY SPRING
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAstoria District39TH AND IRVING
18 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictISLAND VIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop 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 Fern Hill: 14 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
McallisterStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sunset Quarry & MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed PitFlagstoneProducer
Astor House, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Astor House,IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Astoria LandfilleSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of AstoriaSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of AstoriaSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Oregon, StateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon, StateSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Navy Heights2.8 miles15
Tongue Point Village2.9 miles15
Burnside (historical)3.2 miles17
Svensen Junction4.1 miles17
Svensen4.1 miles17
Olney4.6 miles15
Biddle (historical)4.6 miles17
Astoria5.2 miles15

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 Q114673993The 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 1136282. 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.