Nenamusa, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Beaver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97108. It stands on Testament Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springer Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nenamusa within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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 Spirit Mtn quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Grand Ronde quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Springer Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Nenamusa (historical) between 1992 and 2016, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony	10
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
17 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	UPPER NESTUCCA
12 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	ROCKY BEND 4
12 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	STUMP
8 August 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	NESTUCCA ACCESS CF
31 August 2013	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	BALD MT ABANDONED CF
30 August 1992	Smoking	under an acre	Tillamook District	SHOULDER BURN
3 August 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	ROCKY BEND 2
29 August 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	ALDERGLEN2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Blaine

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Nenamusa (historical): 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Copper, Gold, Copper, Gold. 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	Recorded
Larrew Property	Copper, Gold	Occurrence	1930
Larrew Property	Copper, Gold	Prospect
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Blaine	6.2 miles	15
Beaver	12.5 miles	16
Happy Hollow	13.2 miles	16
Hemlock	13.7 miles	16
Pleasant Valley	13.8 miles	16
Boyer	14.0 miles	14
Hebo	14.3 miles	16
Cloverdale	16.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1162084. 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.