Morrison, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eddyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97391. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eddyville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Morrison within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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.

1942 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Morrison (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 106 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning	19
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Other causes	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	1
Arson/incendiarism	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Toledo Unit	KLAMATH CREEK
26 September 1993	Smoking	2.0 acres	Toledo Unit	STANTON CEMETERY
23 September 2000	Smoking	under an acre	Toledo Unit	DERRICK LAKE
14 September 2002	Smoking	under an acre	Toledo Unit	PETERSON CREEK
31 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	STURDEVANT FIRE
27 August 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Toledo Unit	BEAVER CREEK
26 August 2009	Fireworks	under an acre	Toledo Unit	HAPPY VALLEY
24 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	HWY 20 GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Morrison (historical): 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
St Clair Pit	Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
St. Clair Pit	Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Goddard Site	Clay	Past Producer
Goddard Site	Clay	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pioneer City (historical)	0.3 miles	11
Pioneer	0.4 miles	11
Elk City	2.0 miles	11
Chitwood	2.2 miles	11
Little Elk (historical)	4.1 miles	11
Toledo	4.3 miles	11
Eddyville	4.6 miles	11
Sunnyridge	4.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166538. 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.