Linville, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Waldport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97376. It stands on Lyndon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tidewater quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Linville within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1942 USGS Tidewater quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Tidewater quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Tidewater quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Linville (historical) between 1993 and 2016, burning about 19 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
Recreation and ceremony	11
Debris and open burning	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
23 September 1996	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Toledo Unit	FOX CREEK
22 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Toledo Unit	DARKEY CREEK
2 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Toledo Unit	PARK BUM
1 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	DRIFT BOAT FIRE
1 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Toledo Unit	COZY ACRES
9 August 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Toledo Unit	SOUTH LOW ROAD
24 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	KAYDEN
12 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Toledo Unit	QUARRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Linville (historical): 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold. 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
Pankey Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Pinnacle Point Gold Occurrence	Gold	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Eckman Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Pankey Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Waldport	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Drift Creek	2.2 miles	13
Bayview	3.1 miles	16
Westwood Village	3.8 miles	13
Little Albany	4.2 miles	13
Tidewater	4.6 miles	13
Alsea Rivera	4.8 miles	13
Little Switzerland	4.9 miles	13
Ona	4.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1153807. 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.