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George, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97023. The Survey maps it on the Cherryville quadrangle. It stands 1,299 feet above sea level.

George within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of George between 1992 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. None 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 burning52
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
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
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestLA DEE
5 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitLINDE #2
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
24 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBRIAN RANCH RD
23 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictSILVER FOX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of George: 14 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Garfield QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garfield QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Fork ClaimsMercuryOccurrence1934
North Fork ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
Publishers Paper 4StonePast Producer
Publishers Paper-Bee CreekStonePast Producer
South Eagle PitStonePast Producer
U S Forest Service-South EagleStonePast 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
Dover2.5 miles18
Bissell2.7 miles18
Garfield (historical)2.9 miles25
Tracy3.3 miles25
Douglass Ridge5.0 miles25
Estacada5.5 miles25
Firwood5.7 miles19
Currinsville6.1 miles25

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 Q130734325The 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 1142611. 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.