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Gravelford, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Myrtle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on East Fork Coquille River. The Survey maps it on the Bridge quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Gravelford within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Gravelford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2006Smokingunder an acreBridge UnitENDICOTT CREEK
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD HIGHWAY 42
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitNORTH FORK #2
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBridge UnitNORTH FORK #1
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictBUZZARDRK2
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitLEE VALLEY
22 September 2001Other causesunder an acreBridge UnitLEE VALLEY
21 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictGRAY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Gravelford: 33 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mcleod QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
GuerinManganeseOccurrence
Guerin ManganeseManganeseOccurrence1941
Art E JonesStonePast Producer
Art E. Jones PitStoneProducer
Bob Angell, IncStoneProducer
Endicott Creek PitStonePast Producer
Hervey QuarryStonePast Producer
Leep QuarryStonePast Producer
Leep QuarryStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Norway4.2 miles19
Myrtle Point4.3 miles19
Lee (historical)4.4 miles19
Estabrook5.2 miles19
Arago6.1 miles19
McKinley6.4 miles19
Bridge6.7 miles19
Dora7.4 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.

Wikipedia article on GravelfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5597851The 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 1121336. 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.