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Highland, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97004. The Survey maps it on the Colton quadrangle. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.

Highland within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Highland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 539 acres in total. 8 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitRIDGE
9 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitDAY HILL
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution497 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictUNGER RD FIRE
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBAURER ROAD
4 September 2011Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitHULT
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District3 B
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLARKIN
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBLUHM BERRY PATCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Highland: 14 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Bauxite DepositClayOccurrence
Ferruginous Bauxite DepositAluminum, Iron, TitaniumProspect
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceUnknown
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Red Rock Pit 7511 TrsStone, DimensionUnknown
Arthur H SynderSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arthur H SynderSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Austin Point Pit 6627 TrSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dale Collins PitStonePast Producer
Dale Collins PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
North Highland0.4 miles25
Upper Highland1.4 miles19
Viola3.5 miles25
Elwood3.5 miles18
Springwater3.7 miles25
Timber Grove3.8 miles19
Clarkes4.0 miles19
Paradise Park4.9 miles25

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 Q130739457The 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 1136377. 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.