Newport Heights, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97365. It stands on Blattner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newport North quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1942 USGS Yaquina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Yaquina quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Yaquina NE quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Yaquina NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Newport North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Newport Heights between 1992 and 2018, burning about 18 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DAVIS SLOUGH |
| 26 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Toledo Unit | STANTON CEMETERY |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BIG CREEK FIRE |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | STATION FIRE |
| 7 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SURF FIRE |
| 7 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRISBEE FIRE |
| 31 August 1996 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Toledo Unit | CRITESER LOOP |
| 27 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | BEAVER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Newport Heights: 14 past producers, 12 producers, 2 occurrences. 12 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Ilmenite | Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport Placer | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite, Ilmenite | |
| Goddard Site | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Goddard Site | Clay | Producer | ||
| Agate Beach | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Agate Beach Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blattner Creek Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blattner Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fruitvale | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| South Beach | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Agate Beach | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Yaquina | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Oysterville | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Toledo | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bellamy (historical) | 5.4 miles | 11 |
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 Newport Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7018868 | 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 1136573. 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.










