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Fruitvale, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Toledo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97365. It lies near Buford Hill. The Survey maps it on the Toledo North quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Fruitvale within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Fruitvale between 1992 and 2018, burning about 72 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning15
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2

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 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreToledo UnitDAVIS SLOUGH
26 September 1993Smoking2.0 acresToledo UnitSTANTON CEMETERY
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBIG CREEK FIRE
10 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTATION FIRE
7 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFRISBEE FIRE
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH BAY RD. FIRE
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTURDEVANT FIRE
31 August 1996Other causes1.0 acresToledo UnitCRITESER LOOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Fruitvale: 16 past producers, 14 producers, 2 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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
Big Creek IlmeniteIron, Zirconium, Titanium, ChromiumOccurrence
Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport PlacerIron, Titanium, Metal, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Ilmenite
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Goddard SiteClayPast Producer
Goddard SiteClayProducer
St Clair PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
St. Clair PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Agate BeachStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Newport Heights2.4 miles18
Toledo3.2 miles11
Bellamy (historical)3.4 miles11
Yaquina3.9 miles17
Newport4.1 miles18
Agate Beach4.6 miles18
South Beach4.6 miles17
Sunnyridge5.2 miles11

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 Q113644437The 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 1136305. 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.