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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lincoln City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1993Regional 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 ceremony | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | COBRA |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | COBRA 2 |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | LINCOLN CITY BEACH |
| 2 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.9 acres | Toledo Unit | 2200 ROAD |
| 19 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | E. DEVILS LAKE RD FIRE |
| 16 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | 51ST STREET FIRE |
| 15 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DRIFTWOOD |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | 10.5 MILE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fischer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Siletz River Quaary | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Rock | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Flood | Kernville | - | 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutler City | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Salishan | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Salishan Beach | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Gleneden Beach | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Taft | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Coronado Shores | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Nelscott | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lincoln Beach | 4.0 miles | 13 |
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 Kernville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474017 | The 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.









