Lee, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coquille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Middle Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKinley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lee within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1896 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
1900 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1942 USGS Coquille quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1945 USGS Coquille quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Mc Kinley quadrangle1:24000
1993 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Lee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	15
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Smoking	5
Natural	4
Other causes	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	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 2008	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Bridge Unit	SITKUM LANE
28 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Coos Forest Protective Association	CEMETERY ROAD
25 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Bridge Unit	LEE VALLEY
22 September 2001	Other causes	under an acre	Bridge Unit	LEE VALLEY
21 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Coos Bay District	LONE PINE ROAD
12 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Bridge Unit	WIMER CREEK ROAD
12 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Bridge Unit	YANKEE RUN
12 September 1994	Smoking	under an acre	Coos Forest Protective Association	CUNNINGHAM CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lee (historical): 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Art E Jones	Stone	Past Producer
Art E. Jones Pit	Stone	Producer
Bob Angell, Inc	Stone	Producer
Hervey Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Hervey Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Shuck Mountain Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Shuck Mountain Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Coos 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McKinley	2.8 miles	19
Fairview	3.4 miles	19
Gravelford	4.4 miles	19
Coquille	6.1 miles	19
Dora	6.2 miles	11
Norway	6.4 miles	19
Cedar Point	7.5 miles	19
Arago	7.8 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1157410. 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.