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Mountain Air Park, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mount Hood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97067. It stands on Katy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rhododendron quadrangle. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.

Mountain Air Park within Clackamas County

On record in Mountain Air Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Air Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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 burning18
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitTRUCKER BARREL
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictHIDE AND SEEK TREE
8 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestCEDAR
7 September 2002Other causesunder an acreMolalla UnitHWY 26 FIRE
5 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBRIGHTWOOD LOOP
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMOUNTAIN LANE FIELD
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBIRDIE LANE FIRE
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestWILDCAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Air Park: 30 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Cheeney Creek ProspectsGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Cheeney Creek ProspectsGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Arrah Wanna CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arrah Wanna Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brightwood QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carver Pit and Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carver Pit and Plant #2Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hood-Land Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hood-Land Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Norman StrabeinSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Mount Hood Village0.6 miles16
Wildwood0.6 miles16
Wemme1.5 miles16
Brightwood1.8 miles18
Welches2.6 miles16
Zigzag2.7 miles16
Faubion3.1 miles16
Rhododendron4.7 miles16

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 Mountain Air ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6924859The 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 1146536. 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.