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Goldson, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Junction City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97419. The Survey maps it on the Cheshire quadrangle.

Goldson within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Goldson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning35
Equipment and vehicle use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Other causes7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2004Other causesunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictPARADISE ROAD
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKIRK RD #2
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresWestern Lane DistrictJ C FIRE
4 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 36 SQUIRREL
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSWAMP CREEK FIRE
3 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictGOOD MORNING
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFOVERLOOK ROCK
22 September 2001Other causesunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictOWENS CREEK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Goldson: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Junction CityClayOccurrence
Junction City DepositClayOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Cowles QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cowles QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Franklin2.0 miles17
Cheshire3.5 miles17
Alvadore4.8 miles17
Estrup (historical)5.0 miles17
Fern Ridge Shores5.9 miles18
Low Pass6.2 miles17
Elmira6.8 miles18
Starrs Point (historical)7.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136324. 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.