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McNulty, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Helens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97051. It stands on North Fork McNulty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Helens quadrangle. It stands 115 feet above sea level.

McNulty within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

81 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of McNulty between 1993 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 4 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 burning16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Fireworks2
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
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitSMITH ROAD #1
8 September 1998Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitCATER ROAD #1
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPITTSBURG/GENSMAN ROADS
5 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOWD ROAD #1
3 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresColumbia City UnitPITTSBURG RD.
3 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColumbia City UnitHANKEY ROAD #1
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitTURLEY ROAD #1
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD PORTLAND/KASTER#3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of McNulty: 17 past producers, 8 producers, 8 occurrences, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Iron. 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
Bauxite Columbia CountyAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceGibbsite, Limonite
Columbia County BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronOccurrence
Columbia County Bauxite DepositsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProspect1944
Scappoose IronIron, Mineral PigmentsProducerLimonite
Dowd SchoolAluminum, IronOccurrence
Happy HollowAluminum, IronOccurrence
Marshall FarmAluminum, IronOccurrence
OesterAluminum, IronOccurrence
Pacific Building Materials SantoshSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santosh Pit & PlSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
West Saint Helens1.4 miles18
Bachelor Flat (historical)1.5 miles18
Warren1.5 miles18
Columbia Heights1.6 miles18
Saint Helens2.5 miles18
Yankton3.0 miles17
Columbia City3.9 miles18
Spitzenberg5.6 miles17

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 McNultyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6802560The 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 1124014. 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.