Kingston, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mill City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97383. The Survey maps it on the Stayton quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1925 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.2 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FIR GROVE FRIE |
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santiam Unit | BOOS POND |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FIR GROVE |
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santiam Unit | OLD MEHEMA |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FERN RIDGE |
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santiam Unit | MEHAMA FIR |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santiam Unit | SPENNER RD |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SPENNER ROAD PILES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Kingston: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Occurrence | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Sublimity Weathered Gravel | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Hink Farm | Platinum | Occurrence | ||
| Hink Farm | Platinum | Occurrence | ||
| Stayton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hagel Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Shelburn | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Scio | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| West Scio | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Lyons | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Dotyville (historical) | 9.1 miles | 20 | |
| Fox Valley | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Crabtree | 12.2 miles | 20 |
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 Kingston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6413431 | 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 1122772. 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.










