Logsden, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Siletz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97357. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eddyville quadrangle. It stands 217 feet above sea level.

Logsden within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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 Toledo quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Logsden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 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
Debris and open burning	13
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	2
Fireworks	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
26 September 2006	Debris and open burning	3.8 acres	Toledo Unit	MOONSHINE PARK
26 September 1993	Smoking	under an acre	Toledo Unit	OLD RIVER ROAD
23 September 2000	Smoking	under an acre	Toledo Unit	DERRICK LAKE
23 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Toledo Unit	SILETZ RIVER
2 August 2004	Fireworks	under an acre	Toledo Unit	SCOTT CREEK
2 August 2004	Fireworks	under an acre	Toledo Unit	BENTILLA CREEK
12 August 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Toledo Unit	LONG TOM CREEK
11 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	WILLIAM CR.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Logsden: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Logsden	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Logsden Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Logsden-Mill Creek	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Siletz Grg-Indian Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Siletz Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Basalt Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Indian Creek Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Indian Creek Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Siletz Grg-Indndian	Stone	Past Producer

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
Chitwood	6.3 miles	11
Little Elk (historical)	6.8 miles	11
Siletz	6.8 miles	11
Nortons	7.3 miles	12
Eddyville	7.6 miles	11
Morrison (historical)	7.7 miles	11
Pioneer	7.7 miles	11
Pioneer City (historical)	8.0 miles	11

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 Logsden	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6667882	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 1136494. 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.