Neverstill, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Vernonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It stands on Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Birkenfeld quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.

Neverstill within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1941 USGS Keasey quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Keasey quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Birkenfeld quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Birkenfeld quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Neverstill between 1993 and 2017, burning about 35 acres in total. None 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	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
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
27 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Astoria District	VESPER
19 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	ROADSIDE FIRE
31 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	KING LOUIS III
29 August 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Astoria District	GREASY SPOON
27 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	NORTH BANK RD #1
19 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	23 acres	Columbia City Unit	FLORA RD. #1
30 July 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Columbia City Unit	FISHHHAWK LAKE #2
13 July 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Astoria District	SAGER CREEK FIRE #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Neverstill: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Northrup Creek Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Northrup Creek Quarry	Stone	Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Birkenfeld	1.1 miles	16
Fishhawk (historical)	2.1 miles	15
Mist	4.9 miles	16
Keasey	7.9 miles	16
Clatskanie Heights	9.3 miles	15
Woodson	9.6 miles	15
Marshland	9.8 miles	15
Kerry	10.0 miles	15

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.

Wikidata item Q121332004

The 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 1162759. 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.