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Latham, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cottage Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97424. It stands on Cooley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

Latham within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Latham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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
Equipment and vehicle use30
Debris and open burning25
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks4
Other causes2

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
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFDIVIDE
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictBENNETT CK BEE FARM FIRE
7 September 1998Other causes1.0 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFHOOTEN
6 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersELM STREET
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFIR GROVE DUSTY GRAVE
5 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictGOWDYVILL2
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFBRYSON SEARS
3 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFDOWENS ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Latham: 21 past producers, 14 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Putnam DepositAluminum, ClayProspect
PutnamClayOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trask PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trask PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zumwalt and Williams Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Latham in 1 storm report in 2025: 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
March 2025FloodLatham$5,000There were multiple photos on Facebook showing flooded of pasture land, roads, and a building along and near Latham Rd. A Social Media post showed a picture of flooding across Bennet Creek Rd. There was also another Social Media Post showing a couple of feet of water in the parking lot up to the Horners Inc building in north Cottage Grove.

Every storm recorded in Lane 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
Cottage Grove1.5 miles13
Veatch2.5 miles13
Gap2.8 miles11
Walden3.0 miles13
Saginaw4.0 miles13
Royal5.0 miles13
Walker5.6 miles13
Dorena (historical)7.1 miles14

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 LathamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6495845The 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 1136462. 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.