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Miles Crossing, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Astoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97103. It stands on Stewart Creek. The Survey maps it on the Astoria quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Miles Crossing within Clatsop 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Miles Crossing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26 acres in total. 2 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 burning40
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking5
Other causes4
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCHATTERBOX
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictJACK CREEK
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreAstoria DistrictCLATSOP PLAINS 2 FIRE
6 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMITSCHER RD.
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAstoria DistrictSPIRIT PLACE
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCUTTER
30 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAstoria DistrictFLORENCE #033
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKLASKANIE TRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop 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 Miles Crossing: 17 past producers, 11 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Stone, Dimension. 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
Endicott PitClayPast Producer
Sunset Quarry & MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed PitFlagstoneProducer
Astoria LandfillStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer
Astor House, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Astor House,IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Astoria LandfilleSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Jeffers Garden1.0 miles15
Uniontown2.4 miles15
Astoria2.5 miles15
Chadwell (historical)3.5 miles15
Navy Heights4.1 miles15
Warrenton4.5 miles18
Tongue Point Village4.7 miles15
Flavel (historical)5.4 miles18

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 Miles CrossingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6851365The 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 1124138. 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.