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Marshland, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clatskanie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It stands on Tandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marshland quadrangle. It stands 53 feet above sea level.

Marshland within Columbia County

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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Marshland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. None 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 burning13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitCOLVIN ROAD #1
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitCONYERS CREEK #1
6 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresColumbia City UnitGRAHAM CREEK #1
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOWARD DRIVE
24 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictDELIVERANCE
20 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAstoria DistrictHUNGRY HOLLOW
17 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAstoria DistrictWESTPORT
16 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOUNTY LINE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Marshland: 22 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
A. BergmanSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A. BergmanSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crown ZellerbachStonePast Producer
E JohnsonStonePast Producer
Graham Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Woodson2.1 miles15
Kerry3.6 miles15
Clatskanie4.2 miles15
Clatskanie Heights5.7 miles15
Inglis6.5 miles15
Quincy7.0 miles15
Fishhawk (historical)7.8 miles15
Mist8.1 miles16

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 MarshlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6773921The 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 1123796. 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.