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Kinton, Oregon

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beaverton-Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97007. It lies near Pleasant Valley. The Survey maps it on the Scholls quadrangle. It stands 266 feet above sea level.

Kinton within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kinton between 2012 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBRIARWOOD
31 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLEAR CREEK
6 February 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresTualatin River National Wildlife Refuge ComplexTUALATIN RIVER HQ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Kinton: 32 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
O K BrickyardClayPast Producer
O.K. BrickyardClayPast Producer
Scholls Tile CoClayPast Producer
Scholls Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Aloha Quarry Quality Rock Plant #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beaverton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Farmington QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Murray Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Murray Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Progress QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Scholls2.6 miles22
Hazeldale3.1 miles22
Farmington4.1 miles22
King City4.2 miles24
Six Corners4.2 miles22
Midway4.4 miles22
Huber4.9 miles24
Aloha4.9 miles24

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 KintonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1354507The 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 1122778. 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.