Horton, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Middle Siuslaw River-Triangle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97412. It stands on Village Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1909 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Horton quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 395 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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 burning | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | TRASHBERRY WOOD |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PIGEON PASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BEAR BED FIRE |
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Western Lane District | RIDGE LINE FIRE |
| 5 September 2010 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Western Lane District | BIG DIPPER FIRE |
| 30 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Western Lane District | GRANGE ROAD |
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Western Lane District | GRIMES ROAD FIRE |
| 26 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | VIK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horton in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Horton | - | Storm total precipitation was 7.69 inches at the Village Creek RAWS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blachly | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Low Pass | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Estrup (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Triangle Lake | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Goldson | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Franklin | 10.6 miles | 17 | |
| Noti | 10.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cheshire | 11.1 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 Horton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5906797 | 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 1136398. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











