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Fir Grove, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eugene-Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97404. The Survey maps it on the Eugene West quadrangle.

Fir Grove within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

66 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Fir Grove between 1998 and 2016, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150215987
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150215670
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFFD140202531
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFFD140202492
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150211575
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150211432
16 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFFD140212049
15 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District150221764

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Fir Grove: 20 past producers, 16 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, Silica, 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
Eugene Molding Sand DepositSilica, ClayPast Producer
Eugene Molding Sand DepositSilica, ClayPast Producer
Eugene Sand and Gravel IncorporateStonePast Producer
Golden StarGoldPast Producer
Golden Star MineGoldPast Producer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Airport RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Santa Clara1.1 miles19
Irving1.5 miles19
River Road2.4 miles19
Bethel3.7 miles19
Coburg4.0 miles16
Danebo4.6 miles19
Eugene5.4 miles19
College Hill6.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1120727. 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.