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Mohler, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nehalem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97131. It stands on Zaddach Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foley Peak quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Mohler within Tillamook 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Mohler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 1 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 burning16
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 2006Smokingunder an acreTillamook DistrictJETTY CREEK
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictKNOB FIRE
25 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTillamook DistrictFOSS
23 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictMANZANITA LOG PILE
23 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictBAYSIDE FIRE
21 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTillamook DistrictTRESLE FIRE
21 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictCONSTRUCTION BURN
20 September 2014Other causesunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMIAMI HOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Mohler: 13 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mohler Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Neahkahnie Mtn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nehalem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Nehalem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit 442Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 443Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sturm PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Tillamook County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mohler in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 4 flood. 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
December 2023FloodMohler-The Nehalem River near Foss saw minor flooding, cresting at 15.91 feet at 8 pm on December 5th. Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
January 2021FloodMohler-The Nehalem River near Foss (FSSO3) rose above flood stage at 2200PST, crested at 17.73 feet, then fell below flood stage at 0000PST on the 14th. Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
February 2014FloodMohler-The Nehalem River near Foss reached Flood Stage at 720 AM PST on February 17th, 2014. The river crested at 14.5 ft at 900 AM, and dropped below flood level at 200 PM PST.
February 2014FloodMohler-The Nehalem River near Foss reached flood stage at 1220 PM PST on February 18th, 2014. The river crested at 15.1 feet at 615 pm PST, and dropped below flood level at 800 AM PST on February 19, 2014.

Every storm recorded in Tillamook 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
Wheeler1.6 miles17
Nehalem1.9 miles17
Wheeler Heights2.1 miles17
Bayside Gardens2.8 miles17
Foss3.5 miles16
Foley (historical)3.6 miles16
Manzanita3.9 miles17
Brighton4.0 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 MohlerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6894245The 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 1124281. 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.