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Fort Stevens, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Astoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97121. The Survey maps it on the Warrenton quadrangle.

Fort Stevens within Clatsop County

On record in Fort Stevens

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Fort Stevens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Firearms and explosives use1
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
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRED FLAG
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAstoria DistrictSPIRIT PLACE
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBATTERY 245
3 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGETTY FIRE
13 September 1993Smokingunder an acreAstoria DistrictBURMA ROAD
12 September 2011Fireworksunder an acreAstoria DistrictS. RIDGE RD
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAstoria DistrictGAMA GOAT
1 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAstoria DistrictPETER IREDALE II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Fort Stevens: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, 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
Endicott PitClayPast Producer
Hammond-Mcgowan-Columbia PlacerTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrenceIlmenite, Magnetite
Mc Gowan PlacerIron, Titanium, ZirconiumProspect
Mc Gowan QuerryFlagstonePast Producer
Chinook Black SandsTitanium, IronOccurrence
Hammond Black Sand Locality No. 1Titanium, Zirconium, IronProspect
Hammond Black Sand Locality No. 2Titanium, Zirconium, IronProspect
Provo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Columbia River BarTitaniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Hammond0.6 miles18
Flavel (historical)1.9 miles18
Warrenton3.3 miles18
Uniontown5.8 miles15
Jeffers Garden6.6 miles15
Astoria7.0 miles15
Sunset Beach7.2 miles16
Miles Crossing7.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136298. 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.