Fourmile, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bandon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97411. It stands on South Fork Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bandon quadrangle. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Bandon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Bandon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Bandon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Fourmile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | ROSA ROAD |
| 29 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CROOKED CREEK |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROSA RD |
| 2 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HARVEY LANE |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SYDNAM LANE |
| 8 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | GILMAN LANE |
| 8 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | PIONEER WAY |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | TWO MILE LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Fourmile: 11 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandon Placer | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crooked Creek | Chromium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Crooked Creek Pits | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Twomile Creek Chromite Occurrence | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Twomile Creek Chromium Occurence | Chromium | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Grove | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Dew Valley | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Bandon | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Cranberry Corners | 8.2 miles | 20 | |
| Winterville | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Bullards | 9.8 miles | 20 | |
| Prosper | 9.8 miles | 21 | |
| Lampa (historical) | 10.0 miles | 21 |
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 Q115160322 | The 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 1120920. 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.









