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Foley, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bay City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97131. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foley Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Foley within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Foley (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 1 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 burning14
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Natural1

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 2006Smokingunder an acreTillamook DistrictJETTY CREEK
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictKNOB FIRE
25 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTillamook DistrictFOSS
21 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTillamook DistrictTRESLE FIRE
20 September 2014Other causesunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMIAMI HOUSE
2 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNEDONNA BEACH COMPLEX
17 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictNEADONNA II
13 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictNEDONNA BEACH 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Foley (historical): 8 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury. 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
WatrousMercuryOccurrence
Watrous ProspectMercuryProspect
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Miami River QuarryStonePast Producer
Miami River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
SturmStonePast Producer
Sturm PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Tillamook 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
Barnesdale1.5 miles16
Wheeler3.0 miles17
Wheeler Heights3.2 miles17
Foss3.5 miles16
Mohler3.6 miles16
Brighton4.4 miles17
Nehalem5.1 miles17
Batterson5.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132386. 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.