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Finn Rock, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the McKenzie River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97488. It stands on Quartz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Hagan quadrangle.

Finn Rock within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Finn Rock between 1992 and 2019, burning about 47 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFDEATHBALL
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFCANE SLEEPER
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOFFEE CREEK
2 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBLUE RIVER RD
19 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictNFCA GOODPASTURE 3
17 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictNFCA GOODPASTURE 2
13 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWillamette National ForestSADDLE DAM
13 September 2009Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestELK MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Finn Rock: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rosboro BarStonePast Producer
Rosboro BarStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Nimrod2.4 miles15
Blue River2.8 miles15
Rainbow8.2 miles16
Vida10.0 miles13
McKenzie Bridge12.0 miles16
Foley Springs15.2 miles16
Leaburg15.7 miles12
Belknap Springs18.2 miles16

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 Finn RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3477998The 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 1120718. 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.