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Grand Ronde Agency, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Sheridan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97347. It stands on Agency Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grand Ronde quadrangle.

Grand Ronde Agency within Yamhill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Grand Ronde Agency between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning27
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
6 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreDallas UnitMYSTERY FIRE
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreDallas UnitFIRE HALL
23 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreDallas UnitFIRE HALL ROAD
20 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDallas UnitFORT HILL
16 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDallas UnitPOWERLINE ROAD
14 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreDallas UnitOAK LANE
13 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDallas UnitGOLD CREEK 2
12 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOAK LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yamhill County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Grand Ronde Agency: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Grande Ronde Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Grande Ronde Clay DepositClayProducer
Lower Agency Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Gold Creek Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lower Agency Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Yamhill 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
Midway2.7 miles14
Willamina6.7 miles17
Sheridan11.6 miles17
Bellevue15.9 miles17
Amity21.6 miles21
Whiteson22.5 miles21
McMinnville23.7 miles21
Fairdale (historical)24.2 miles16

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 Q122560931The 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 1142905. 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.