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Lincoln, Oregon

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97304. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mission Bottom quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

Lincoln within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln between 1992 and 2017, burning under an acre in total. 2 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSPENCER BUTTE
20 July 1992Naturalunder an acreGrand Ronde TribesW FRK SNAG
20 July 1992Naturalunder an acreGrand Ronde TribesE FRK SNAG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln: 28 past producers, 22 producers, 2 occurrences. 22 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
Bauxite Chapman and Eola HillsAluminum, Titanium, Metal, IronOccurrenceBauxite, Gibbsite
Chapman and Eola Hills BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronOccurrence
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Finley PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Freeman & Sons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lake Marcyl PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Zena2.5 miles21
Salemtowne3.0 miles20
Brush College3.3 miles20
Bethel Heights3.9 miles21
Chapman Corner4.1 miles20
Bethel5.5 miles21
West Salem5.7 miles20
Kingwood Park (historical)5.8 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122704512The 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 1136479. 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.