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McCoy, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97371. It lies near Plum Valley. The Survey maps it on the Amity quadrangle. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

McCoy within Polk County

On record in McCoy

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

10 surveys from 21 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

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of McCoy between 2012 and 2016, 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBaskett Slough National Wildlife RefugeSOUTH SMITHFIELD
28 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBaskett Slough National Wildlife RefugeMORGAN LAKE
6 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMUDDY VALLEY BRUSH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of McCoy: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Finley PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Freeman & Sons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Finley PitStonePast Producer
Freeman & Sons QuarryStonePast Producer
Noble Mountain Tree Farm QuarryStonePast Producer
Noble Mountain Tree Farm QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Bethel1.7 miles21
Perrydale2.1 miles17
Bethel Heights3.5 miles21
Broadmead3.5 miles17
Tucker (historical)4.4 miles17
Zena5.2 miles21
Ballston5.8 miles17
Lincoln7.2 miles22

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 McCoyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6800622The 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 1166679. 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.