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Knappa, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Knappa-Brownsmead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97103. It stands on Warren Slough. The Survey maps it on the Knappa quadrangle. 1,007 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 121 feet above sea level.

Knappa within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Knappa between 1992 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. 2 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 burning39
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSILVANDALE
6 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWINNEBAGO FIRE
5 September 2019Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTWO TONE FIRE
3 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictKOPPISH II
27 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPOWERLINE FIRE
23 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictGNAT CREEK
20 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRUSTY SPRING
20 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBURNING CAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Knappa: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
Estoos PitClayPast Producer
Estoos PitClayProducer
Big Creek Pit 1StoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Big Creek Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Creek Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Creek Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Creek Pit 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Creek Pit 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Blind Slough (historical)1.7 miles15
Brownsmead3.3 miles15
Svensen4.0 miles17
Svensen Junction4.1 miles17
Burnside (historical)4.9 miles17
Biddle (historical)5.4 miles17
Clifton6.8 miles15
Bradwood (historical)7.8 miles15

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 KnappaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476002The 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 1136447. 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.