McKinley, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coquille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKinley quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1896 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Coquille quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Coquille quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Mc Kinley quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of McKinley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | MIDDLE CREEK |
| 5 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Bridge Unit | SITKUM LANE |
| 28 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | CEMETERY ROAD |
| 22 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Bridge Unit | LEE VALLEY |
| 21 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | LONE PINE ROAD |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Bridge Unit | WIMER CREEK ROAD |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Bridge Unit | YANKEE RUN |
| 11 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | LONE PINE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of McKinley: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art E Jones | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Art E. Jones Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Hervey Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hervey Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee (historical) | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Fairview | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Dora | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gravelford | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Coquille | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Sitkum | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Norway | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Sumner | 9.2 miles | 21 |
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 McKinley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6801899 | 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 1123991. 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.









