BlockLaurelwood, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Chehalem Mountains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97119. It stands on South Fork Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laurelwood quadrangle. 503 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 243 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Yamhill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Yamhill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Laurelwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Laurelwood between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 47 MCLOUGHLIN FIRE |
| 25 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | LINCOLN AVENUE FIRE |
| 24 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Forest Grove District | GOODIN CREEK FIRE #2 |
| 7 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLSON RD #1 |
| 3 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Forest Grove District | GOODIN CREEK ROAD |
| 26 August 2009 | Smoking | 1.1 acres | Forest Grove District | ROOSEVELT & HWY 47 |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | KIACUT ROAD TRUCK FIRE |
| 20 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MCLOUGHLIN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Laurelwood: 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaston/Person Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hergert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Laurelwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Neberg/Fogarty Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Plant #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gaston/Person Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Laurel Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Laurel 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.
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 Laurelwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1354488 | 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 1163093. 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.