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Necanicum, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Seaside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97138. It stands on Little Humbug Creek. The Survey maps it on the Necanicum Junction quadrangle. It stands 331 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Necanicum within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Necanicum (historical) between 1992 and 2016, burning about 32 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 burning7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLOBSTER CLAW
2 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAstoria DistrictSADDLE MTN SPUR
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictJOE CREEK
18 August 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILE POST 6 FIRE
12 August 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAstoria DistrictHILL ROAD
11 July 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAstoria DistrictSUGARLOAF
3 June 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictNECANICUM JUNCTION
28 June 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAstoria DistrictDAVID DOUGLAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop 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 Necanicum (historical): 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, 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
Clatsop CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clatsop County OregonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamlet QuarryStonePast Producer
Hamlet QuarryStoneProducer
Little North Fork PitStonePast Producer
Little North Fork PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Hamlet6.1 miles17
Cannon Beach9.4 miles16
Seaside9.4 miles16
Tolovana Park9.6 miles15
Elsie10.5 miles16
Gearhart10.5 miles16
Arch Cape10.8 miles15
Melville11.0 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 Necanicum (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6985369The 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 1132345. 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.