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Green Acres, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coquille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97420. It stands on Ferry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coos Bay quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Green Acres within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Green Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning39
Equipment and vehicle use24
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRODDERICK RD # 2
6 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRODDERICK RD
5 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationSHINGLEHOUSE SLOUGH
30 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationBEAVER CREEK
3 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationE. CATCHING SLOUGH ROAD
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCATCHING SLOUGH
27 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationSHINGLEHOUSE
24 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationCOOS CITY-SUMNER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Green Acres: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal. 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
Brinks Mining, Inc.Sand and Gravel, Construction, CoalPast Producer
Messerle SiteStonePast Producer
Messerle SiteStoneProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coaledo Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coaledo Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Kings Landing (historical)1.1 miles21
Delmar1.2 miles21
Coaledo2.3 miles19
Coos City (historical)3.0 miles21
Sumner3.3 miles21
Leneve5.1 miles21
Millington5.2 miles21
Cedar Point5.4 miles19

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 Green AcresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5602258The 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 1143020. 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.