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Kernville, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Depoe Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97367. It lies near Siletz Keys. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln City quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Kernville within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

63 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Kernville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony38
Debris and open burning13
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestCOBRA
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestCOBRA 2
3 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitLINCOLN CITY BEACH
2 September 2006Recreation and ceremony8.9 acresToledo Unit2200 ROAD
19 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersE. DEVILS LAKE RD FIRE
16 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters51ST STREET FIRE
15 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitDRIFTWOOD
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo Unit10.5 MILE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Kernville: 22 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Baldy Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Devils Lake Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fischer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Siletz River QuaaryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Baldy Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Devils Lake QuarryStonePast Producer
Devils Lake QuarryStoneProducer
Devils Lake RockStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kernville in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2021FloodKernville-The Siletz River near Siletz (SILO3) rose above flood stage around 2015PST, crested at 21.61 feet, then fell below flood stage at 1300PST on the 13th. Flood stage is 16.0 feet and moderate flood stage is 20.0 feet.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Cutler City1.4 miles12
Salishan1.6 miles12
Salishan Beach1.8 miles12
Gleneden Beach2.0 miles12
Taft2.6 miles12
Coronado Shores3.0 miles13
Nelscott3.3 miles12
Lincoln Beach4.0 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.

Wikipedia article on KernvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474017The 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 1122709. 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.

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.