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Minerva, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97439. It stands on South Johns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiernan quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Minerva within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Minerva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSHAKE N' BAKE
3 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use38 acresSiuslaw National ForestWILHELM CREEK
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestNORTH FORK MP 11
20 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane District920 TROUT POND FIRE
16 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictHECETA JUNCTION FIRE
12 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresSiuslaw National ForestBEAGLE TAYLOR
1 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestLANDING CC
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestBRICKERVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Minerva: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Camp QuarryStonePast Producer
CampquarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Tiernan3.9 miles15
Brickerville4.2 miles15
Point Terrace4.9 miles15
Rainrock5.7 miles15
Mercer (historical)5.9 miles18
Mapleton6.1 miles15
Tide6.4 miles15
Cushman7.4 miles15

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 MinervaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478077The 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 1146323. 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.