Macleay, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97317. It stands on Blossom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salem East quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1925 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Salem East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Macleay between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Molalla Unit | GRANGE HALL |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | TREE HAVEN COMPLEX |
| 31 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santiam Unit | CASCADE FIRE |
| 30 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santiam Unit | CASCADE HWY FIRE |
| 30 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santiam Unit | WALDO HILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Macleay: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 4 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Waldo Hills | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Bauxite, Gibbsite | |
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Waldo Hills Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Macleay Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Macleay Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Victor Point Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Victor Point Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macleay in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Macleay | - | Another tornado was reported near Macleay at 1105 am. No damages reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Fruitland | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Pratum | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lachmund (historical) | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Clymer (historical) | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Aumsville | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Willard (historical) | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Four Corners | 5.3 miles | 18 |
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 Macleay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6724653 | 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 1123665. 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.










