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Fox Valley, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mill City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97358. It stands on Manis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lyons quadrangle.

Fox Valley within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Fox Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 9 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 burning33
Recreation and ceremony27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use23
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking9
Other causes5
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitBRANCH LANE
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictCOX CREEK
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSAW FIRE
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOOK AND EYE LANE FIRE
8 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictLITTLE N FORK MP 3
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSantiam UnitLITTLE N. F. #2
6 September 1996Smokingunder an acreSantiam UnitDEWITT LANE #1
5 September 1992Smokingunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictSMCCULLYMT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Fox Valley: 13 past producers, 10 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Manganese. 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
JaegerManganeseOccurrence
JaegerManganesePast Producer
Mehama Alumina ClayAluminum, ClayOccurrence
Mehama ClayClayOccurrence
North Santiam Bauxite DepositAluminumProspect
Cornfordh SiteStonePast Producer
LyonsStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn 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
Lyons3.5 miles13
Mill City3.9 miles17
Jordan8.2 miles12
Kingston11.9 miles16
Anidem (historical)13.6 miles16
Dotyville (historical)15.3 miles20
Lacomb15.8 miles12
Bryant City (historical)15.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1158243. 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.