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Mist, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Clatskanie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It stands on Lundgren Creek (historical). The Survey maps it on the Birkenfeld quadrangle. It stands 535 feet above sea level.

Mist within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Mist between 1993 and 2017, burning about 26 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitCONYERS CREEK #1
19 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitHWY 47 N. #1
10 September 2008Other causesunder an acreColumbia City UnitNEHALEM HWY N. #1
27 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH BANK RD #1
21 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY. 47 MP 10 #1
19 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use23 acresColumbia City UnitFLORA RD. #1
31 July 2014Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 47 MP 9.25
11 June 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCRML MP9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Mist: 15 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Evanson Et AlStonePast Producer
Evanson Et AlStonePast Producer
Evanson, Et AlStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Evanson, Et AlStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Longview FiberStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mist in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2022FloodMist$25,000Oregon highway 47 near the Mist junction was closed due to a culvert failing, washing out the road.
January 2009FloodMist-Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused high water on highway 47 near Mist.
December 2007Heavy RainMist-Storm total precipitation was 8.65 inches at the Miller RAWS.

Every storm 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
Fishhawk (historical)4.3 miles15
Birkenfeld4.3 miles16
Neverstill4.9 miles16
Clatskanie Heights5.0 miles15
Clatskanie7.7 miles15
Marshland8.1 miles15
Pittsburg8.6 miles16
Woodson8.9 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 MistAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3459528The 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 1136547. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.