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Firwood, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97055. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bull Run quadrangle. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.

Firwood within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Firwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLILIAN LN
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMolalla UnitDUSTY LANE #1
27 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSKOGAN RD #1
26 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitGRANDMA
24 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBRIAN RANCH RD
23 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOWLETT FIRE
23 September 2017Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTRUBEL GRASS FIRE
23 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitBORNSTEDT GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Firwood: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Sandy2.4 miles26
Dover3.2 miles18
Bull Run3.7 miles19
Cherryville3.8 miles18
Douglass Ridge4.7 miles25
Aims5.1 miles19
Kelso5.2 miles26
George5.7 miles18

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 FirwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22022488The 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 1142143. 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.