Green Acres, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Reedsport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97473. It stands on Wells Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scottsburg quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Scottsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Scottsburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Green Acres between 2000 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 9 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 burning | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Natural | 32 acres | Coos Bay District | WEATHERLY |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | MILL CREEK |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LITTLE MILL CREEK |
| 6 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | MURPHYS CAMP |
| 18 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Coos Bay District | JIMMY CREEK |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | GOLDEN CR |
| 27 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | MILL CREEK |
| 27 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MILL CREEK #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Green Acres: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Scoggins Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scoggins Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Acres in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Green Acres | - | Flooding, rockfall, and landslides were reported on numerous roads. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsburg | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Ash | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| North Fork | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Elkton | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Kellogg | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| East Gardiner | 15.5 miles | 15 | |
| Reedsport | 16.1 miles | 15 | |
| Gardiner | 17.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q114183141 | The 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 1158894. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




