Mabel, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Marcola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97454. It stands on Shotgun Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marcola quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Marcola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Marcola quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mc Kenzie River quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Marcola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Mabel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WENDLING |
| 29 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HONEY BEE LANE FIRE |
| 23 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | CITY VIEW |
| 20 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | ERNEST BRIDGE |
| 19 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DRURY BUTTE |
| 18 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | DRURYCREEK |
| 15 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | OLD MARCOLA ROAD |
| 11 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | BUNKER HIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mabel: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mabel | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Mabel Area Clay | Clay | Occurrence | Kaolinite | |
| Mabel Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mabel in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Hail | Mabel | - | Large hail was accompanied by heavy rain as the storm passed. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendling | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Marcola | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bolly (historical) | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mohawk Post (historical) | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mohawk | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Deerhorn | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Walterville | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Leaburg | 10.9 miles | 12 |
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 Mabel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10977596 | 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 1123653. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








