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Keasey, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Vernonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97064. It stands on Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clear Creek quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Keasey within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Keasey between 1993 and 2017, burning about 77 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILITARY CREEK
28 September 2017Debris and open burning2.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKIRK RD. #1
22 September 2000Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitMAYNARD CREEK # 1
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictLOWER ROCK CR FIRE
22 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitTIMBER ROAD #1
25 July 1994Naturalunder an acreColumbia City UnitCROOKED CREEK #1
10 July 2012Debris and open burning4.3 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKEASEY ROAD #1
28 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLEAR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Keasey: 13 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Clear Creek4.7 miles16
Treharne6.0 miles17
Corey Hill6.6 miles17
Vernonia7.2 miles17
Neverstill7.9 miles16
Birkenfeld8.9 miles16
Pittsburg9.8 miles16
Fishhawk (historical)9.9 miles15

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 KeaseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6382278The 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 1136433. 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.