New Era, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Northwest Clackamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97045. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canby quadrangle. It stands 187 feet above sea level.
On record in New Era
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.
- Herman Anthony Farmlisted 1979 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1914 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Canby quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Canby quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Canby quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of New Era in 2010, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | KIRK RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of New Era: 31 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Petes Mtn | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Petes Mtn | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Terrill Silica Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Terrill Silica Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Forman Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J P Vlahos | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Paraguay Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pynns Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Forman Quarry #2 | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Era in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Lightning | New Era | $1,200 | Clackamas County Sheriff reported a call of lighting destroying a large tree near Canby, Oregon. Location of event is a guess. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Point | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| O'Neil Corners | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Stringtown (historical) | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Willamette | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Canby | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Canemah | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Sunset | 4.4 miles | 21 |
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 New Era | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7007480 | 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 1136571. 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.











