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Millington, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coos Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97420. It lies near Bowron Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Coos Bay quadrangle. It stands 26 feet above sea level.

Millington within Coos County

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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Millington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 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 burning47
Equipment and vehicle use24
Recreation and ceremony17
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Fireworks6
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
8 September 2020Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLIBBY LANE
6 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersIDA LANE
5 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationSHINGLEHOUSE SLOUGH
4 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationNOAH BUTTE
30 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationDANIELS CREEK
3 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationE. CATCHING SLOUGH ROAD
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCATCHING SLOUGH
27 September 2001Smokingunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationBARVIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Millington: 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Stone, Clay. 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
Brinks Mining, Inc.Sand and Gravel, Construction, CoalPast Producer
Parker Magnet ProcessChromium, IronOccurrence
Parker Magnetic ProcessChromium, IronUnknown
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Main Quarry and PlantStonePast Producer
Main Quarry and PlantStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
BurchChromiumOccurrence
Burch DepositsChromiumOccurrence
Bay Area HospitalSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Bay Park1.2 miles21
Bunker Hill1.7 miles21
Englewood1.9 miles21
Libby2.0 miles21
Eastside2.2 miles21
Coos City (historical)2.3 miles21
Coos Bay2.6 miles21
Sumner4.3 miles21

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 MillingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6859679The 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 1136542. 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.