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Niagara, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97346. It stands on Niagara Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn quadrangle. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level.

Niagara within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Niagara between 1992 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestTUMBLE LAKE
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictMONUMENT WAGON
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSantiam UnitHWY 22 M.P. 36.5
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictDEMOB PILE
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresSantiam UnitDOUBLE RIGHT
23 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSIX MILE PILE
22 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSantiam UnitMINTO
2 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSantiam UnitBIG CLIFF DAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Niagara: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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
Crown MineZinc, Gold, Copper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Crown MineCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Smith-ButlerIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Elkhorn Creek ProspectGoldOccurrence
Elkhorn Creek ProspectGoldProspect
GatesStonePast Producer
Gates PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Gates4.3 miles17
Elkhorn Woods5.1 miles17
Elkhorn5.5 miles17
Jawbone Flats (historical)9.1 miles18
Detroit10.0 miles16
Idanha14.2 miles16
Mehama15.2 miles13
Hullt (historical)18.8 miles13

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 NiagaraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7023568The 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 1166687. 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.