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Neotsu, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lincoln City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97364. It stands on Thompson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neskowin quadrangle. 608 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 69 feet above sea level.

Neotsu within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

37 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Neotsu between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,573 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,552 acresToledo UnitECHO MTN. COMPLEX
25 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestBURNT TRAILER
2 September 2006Recreation and ceremony8.9 acresToledo Unit2200 ROAD
19 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersE. DEVILS LAKE RD FIRE
18 September 2001Other causesunder an acreToledo UnitEAST DEVILS LAKE
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiuslaw National Forest1726 ROAD
14 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROADS END BEACH FIRE #2
7 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestROCK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Neotsu: 10 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Baldy Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Baldy Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Devils Lake QuarryStonePast Producer
Devils Lake QuarryStoneProducer
Ford Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lyons Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neotsu in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 tornado. 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
November 2009Tornado (EF0)Neotsu$35,000The tornado caused widespread damage to a neighborhood in the Roads End area of Lincoln City, damaging 11 homes, 3 automobiles, and uprooting a couple trees and snapping another. The uprooted trees were about 20-24 inches in diameter, and one was carried 20 yards downwind. One home had major roof damage, with 40-50% of the roof collapsed.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Roads End1.4 miles6
Wecoma Beach1.6 miles12
Otis2.4 miles17
Oceanlake2.5 miles12
Three Rocks3.1 miles17
Delake3.3 miles12
Lincoln City3.6 miles12
Nelscott4.5 miles12

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 NeotsuAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709091The 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 1146779. 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.