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Hunter Creek, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gold Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97444. It stands on Turner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gold Beach quadrangle. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

Hunter Creek within Curry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Hunter Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 178 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGold Beach UnitNORTH BEACH
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitKNOX LANE
28 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGold Beach UnitNORTH BEACH #2
25 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEIGHTY ACRES RD
21 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGold Beach UnitTHIRD STREET
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersJERRY'S FLAT ROAD #2
8 August 1996Smokingunder an acreGold Beach UnitTOM CAT HILL
7 August 2012Fireworksunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD COAST HWY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Hunter Creek: 35 past producers, 8 occurrences, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
New DiscoveryGold, SilverOccurrence
New DiscoveryGold, SilverPast Producer
Otter Point BeachChromiumOccurrenceBeach Placer
Rogue River BeachesChromiumProducerChromite
Rogue River BeachesChromiumOccurrence
Smedberg Beach PlacersGoldOccurrence
Smedberg Beach PlacersGoldPast Producer
Leith ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Leith ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Lloyd ManganeseManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Curry 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
Gold Beach1.4 miles11
Wedderburn2.9 miles11
Knoxville (historical)3.1 miles11
Jerrys Flat (historical)5.3 miles11
Bagnell Ferry6.1 miles11
Pistol River7.7 miles10
Nesika Beach8.2 miles17
Carpenterville12.3 miles10

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 Hunter CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28153550The 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 1154874. 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.