Manhattan Beach, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bay City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97136. It stands on Crescent Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nehalem quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1937 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Nehalem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Manhattan Beach between 1992 and 2018, burning about 100 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Tillamook District | JETTY CREEK |
| 5 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | MINNEHAHA |
| 20 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MIAMI HOUSE |
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NEDONNA BEACH COMPLEX |
| 17 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | NEADONNA II |
| 13 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | NEDONNA BEACH 3 |
| 12 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tillamook District | LUMBER MILL FIRE |
| 11 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | CRYSTAL CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Manhattan Beach: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netarts | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Netarts Bay | Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Watrous | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Watrous Prospect | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Keesling | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kessling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nedonna Beach | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Rockaway Beach | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Saltair (historical) | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Rocks | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Brighton | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Barview | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wheeler Heights | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Barnesdale | 4.6 miles | 16 |
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 Manhattan Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6749233 | 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 1136511. 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.








