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Lorane, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Upper Siuslaw River census division. It stands on Crow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lorane quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Lorane within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Lorane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 305 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning26
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictCG LORANE ROAD FIRE
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSHOT GUN FIRE
28 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictPOWER WINE
28 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictSIMENSON
26 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSIMONSEN #2 FIRE
24 September 2002Debris and open burning6.0 acresWestern Lane DistrictORCHARD ROAD FIRE
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use18 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCARPENTER
23 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictUPPER DOUGLAS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lorane: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West PitStonePast Producer
West PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Mill Camp3.0 miles13
Siuslaw (historical)4.7 miles13
Royal5.8 miles13
Fox Hollow (historical)7.2 miles13
Veatch9.1 miles13
Cottage Grove9.9 miles13
Hadleyville10.1 miles11
Saginaw10.3 miles13

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 LoraneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6678784The 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 1136502. 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.