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Heceta Beach, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97439. It stands on Siuslaw River. The Survey maps it on the Mercer Lake OE W quadrangle. 1,912 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Heceta Beach within Lane 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Heceta Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony51
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Fireworks10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
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
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMERCER TREE
8 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKINGWOOD CAMP
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBENDER LANDING
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane District908 QUINCE STREET FIRE
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresSiuslaw National ForestCOLLARD
6 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictBEACH FIRE
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOAK ST. FIRE
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiuslaw National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Heceta Beach: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berry Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Berry Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cape Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer
Cape Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Florence3.9 miles15
Mercer (historical)3.9 miles18
Glenada5.2 miles15
Acme5.2 miles15
Cushman5.7 miles15
Canary8.9 miles15
Minerva9.4 miles15
North Beach9.7 miles15

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 Heceta BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5696186The 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 1121728. 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.