Hobsonville, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bay City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97107. It stands on Electric Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garibaldi quadrangle. It stands 131 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1937 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Garibaldi quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Hobsonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | A STREET |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 301 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PIKE ROAD |
| 6 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | SNAG FIRE |
| 5 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | MINNEHAHA |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tillamook District | ELECTRIC CR |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | ELECTRIC CREEK |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tillamook District | OLD DUMP |
| 21 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | ILLIE DILLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Hobsonville: 19 past producers, 15 producers, 2 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netarts | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Netarts Bay | Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| 4-M Wood Products | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| 4-M Wood Products Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Benny | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Benny Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Christensen Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Christensen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Miami | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Miami Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garibaldi | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bay City | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Barview | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bayocean (historical) | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Idaville | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Barnegat (historical) | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Rocks | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Saltair (historical) | 4.5 miles | 17 |
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 Hobsonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18349705 | 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 1121860. 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.








