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Garfield, Oregon

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97023. The Survey maps it on the Estacada quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Garfield within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Garfield (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 burning64
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks5
Smoking5
Natural3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitDAY HILL
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestLA DEE
5 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitLINDE #2
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitPROMONTORY CAMPGROUND
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMolalla UnitMOSSY HILL
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPROMONTORY #2
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTRASH FIRE
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictGOAT MTN TOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Garfield (historical): 23 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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
Bauxite DepositClayOccurrence
Ferruginous Bauxite DepositAluminum, Iron, TitaniumProspect
Red Rock Pit 7511 TrsStone, DimensionUnknown
North Fork ClaimsMercuryOccurrence1934
North Fork ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
Austin Point Pit 6627 TrSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garfield QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garfield QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Tracy1.9 miles25
George2.9 miles18
Estacada3.0 miles25
Springwater3.7 miles25
Currinsville4.3 miles25
Dodge4.5 miles18
Dover4.6 miles18
Douglass Ridge4.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136310. 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.