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Hamlet, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Jewell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97138. It stands on Little North Fork Nehalem River. The Survey maps it on the Hamlet quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.

Hamlet within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hamlet between 1992 and 2016, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning9
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictDEEPER
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLOBSTER CLAW
2 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAstoria DistrictSADDLE MTN SPUR
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictCOLE MTN.
12 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAstoria DistrictBEAR SKULL FIRE
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictJOE CREEK
3 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHUGO
13 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictHAMLET RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hamlet: 9 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Clatsop CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clatsop County OregonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Humbug PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
HjortlandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nehalem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Humbug PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cole Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer
Cole Mountain QuarryStoneProducer
East HumbugStonePast Producer
Hamlet QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Lukarilla5.4 miles16
Elsie5.8 miles16
Necanicum (historical)6.1 miles14
Mishawaka7.1 miles16
Vinemaple8.8 miles17
Denver (historical)10.1 miles17
Tideport10.7 miles17
Grand Rapids11.1 miles17

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 HamletAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10976012The 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 1136352. 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.