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Macksburg, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Yoder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97013. It lies near Gribble Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Yoder quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.

Macksburg within Clackamas County

On record in Macksburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Macksburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRINGO RD
28 September 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersJORDAN FIELD FIRE
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersUNION MILLS CAMPFIRE
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMolalla UnitEL RANCHO ST FIRE
17 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters213 FIRE
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSMOLDERING LOG
9 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitTOLIVER ROAD
6 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitALDER CREEK DEBRIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Macksburg: 23 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Forman Quarry #2StonePast Producer
Forman Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carl Hansen PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Molalla Clay ProductsClayPast Producer
Molalla Clay ProductsClayProducer
Needy Brick & Tile # 2ClayPast Producer
Needy Clay MineClayPast Producer
Needy Clay MineClayProducer
Carl HansenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Don BeldingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macksburg in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2020Heavy RainMacksburg-Rainfall total of 1.67 inches. Also measured a peak wind gust of 47 mph.

Every storm recorded in Clackamas 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
Lone Elder1.6 miles15
Needy3.6 miles15
Canby3.8 miles21
O'Neil Corners3.9 miles21
Barlow4.1 miles21
Mulino4.2 miles16
Liberal4.3 miles16
Hamricks Corner4.4 miles15

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 MacksburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6724592The 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 1123664. 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.