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Kelso, Oregon

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97009. It stands on South Fork Tickle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sandy quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

Kelso within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Kelso between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking6
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes3
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
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLILIAN LN
8 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAGLE VIEW
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSHERMAN COOPER
8 September 2006Other causesunder an acreMolalla UnitCHICKEN COOP
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitBLUFF CAR FIRE
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMolalla UnitDUSTY LANE #1
6 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOWTY RD FIRE
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitPAUL BUNYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Kelso: 19 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Oregon State Hwy Div 2Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barton Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boring Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boring Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Columbia ContinentalSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Cottrell2.7 miles26
Sandy2.9 miles26
Boring3.6 miles26
Bull Run4.1 miles19
Eagle Creek5.0 miles25
Deep Creek (historical)5.2 miles25
Douglass Ridge5.2 miles25
Firwood5.2 miles19

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 KelsoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6386528The 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 1122680. 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.