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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.

Fourmile within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

47 since 1992

Regional 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 burning18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGold Beach UnitROSA ROAD
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCROOKED CREEK
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROSA RD
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHARVEY LANE
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSYDNAM LANE
8 August 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitGILMAN LANE
8 August 1997Smokingunder an acreGold Beach UnitPIONEER WAY
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictTWO MILE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bandon PlacerTitaniumOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crooked CreekChromiumOccurrencePlacer
Crooked Creek PitsChromiumProspect
Twomile Creek Chromite OccurrenceChromiumOccurrence
Twomile Creek Chromium OccurenceChromiumOccurrenceBeach Placer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Laurel Grove1.2 miles21
Dew Valley2.2 miles21
Bandon7.7 miles21
Cranberry Corners8.2 miles20
Winterville8.4 miles21
Bullards9.8 miles20
Prosper9.8 miles21
Lampa (historical)10.0 miles21

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 Q115160322The 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.