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Keas Corner, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97361. The Survey maps it on the Kings Valley quadrangle.

Keas Corner within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Keas Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning11
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersS. BERRY CR. 21
4 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use23 acresPhilomath UnitFORT HOSKINS
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDallas UnitSOUTH KINGS VALLEY
19 September 2020Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOUNTY LINE STRIKE
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPhilomath UnitEMRY MOORE POND
18 September 1994Smokingunder an acrePhilomath UnitMAXFIELD CR. #1
1 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePhilomath UnitVINCENT CR.
1 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresPhilomath UnitJ.J.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Keas Corner: 16 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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
ClemonsStonePast Producer
ClemonsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Evans ProductsStonePast Producer
Evans Products PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
La Ro Lumber CoStonePast Producer
La Ro Lumber CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStonePast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Kings Valley2.7 miles19
Hoskins5.0 miles19
Wren8.7 miles19
Adair Village9.1 miles18
Lewisburg9.3 miles18
Calloway (historical)9.6 miles18
Harris9.9 miles19
Blodgett10.5 miles13

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 Q122549680The 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 2761482. 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.