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Highland Station, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97301. It lies near McLain Island. The Survey maps it on the Salem West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Highland Station within Marion County

On record in Highland Station

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

3 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Highland Station (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning under an acre in total. 2 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSPENCER BUTTE
20 July 1992Naturalunder an acreGrand Ronde TribesW FRK SNAG
20 July 1992Naturalunder an acreGrand Ronde TribesE FRK SNAG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Highland Station (historical): 36 past producers, 25 producers, 2 occurrences. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Bauxite Chapman and Eola HillsAluminum, Titanium, Metal, IronOccurrenceBauxite, Gibbsite
Chapman and Eola Hills BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Austin BorrowSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Austin Bottow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barnick BorrowSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barnick Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Salem1.1 miles20
Salem Station (historical)1.5 miles20
Keizer2.2 miles20
Oak Park2.4 miles18
Badger Corner2.4 miles18
Hayesville3.1 miles18
Four Corners3.1 miles18
Middle Grove3.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1167973. 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.