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Fishers Corner, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beavercreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97045. The Survey maps it on the Oregon City quadrangle. It stands 558 feet above sea level.

Fishers Corner within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Fishers Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 2 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGRAVES CREEK
8 September 2011Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitLELAND
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitCARUS
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLARKIN
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBLUHM BERRY PATCH
2 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBIG CEDAR
2 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSPANGLER GRASS FIRE
11 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBEAVERCREEK POWERLINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Fishers Corner: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone, 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
Carl Hansen PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Forman Quarry #2StonePast Producer
Forman Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Terrill Silica DepositSilicaOccurrence
Terrill Silica DepositSilicaPast Producer
Carl HansenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jack Parker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willamette Falls SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Carus1.4 miles19
Beaver Creek1.5 miles19
Henrici1.6 miles19
Echo Dell3.5 miles19
Central Point3.5 miles21
Mount Pleasant4.0 miles19
Mulino4.8 miles16
Canemah4.9 miles19

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 Q122592842The 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 1120779. 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.