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McKenzie Bridge, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the McKenzie River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97413. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKenzie Bridge quadrangle.

McKenzie Bridge within Lane County

On record in McKenzie Bridge

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of McKenzie Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 177,035 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 7 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
Natural46
Recreation and ceremony23
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning3
Other causes1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined173,393 acresWillamette National ForestHOLIDAY FARM
7 September 1994Smokingunder an acreWillamette National Forestnot named
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestINCIDENT 411
5 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFHORSE CREEK
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWillamette National ForestCOUGAR
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWillamette National ForestLOOKOUT HUNTER
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestTHIN LOOKOUT
10 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestSOUTH FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of McKenzie Bridge: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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
Foley SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Melones Millions Nos 1,11,111Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Melones Millions Nos 1,11,111Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Foley Springs3.8 miles16
Rainbow3.9 miles16
Belknap Springs6.2 miles16
Blue River9.5 miles15
Finn Rock12.0 miles15
Nimrod14.4 miles15
Vida21.6 miles13
Leaburg27.6 miles12

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 McKenzie BridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478064The 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 1123987. 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.