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Nimrod, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the McKenzie River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97488. It stands on Ennis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nimrod quadrangle.

Nimrod within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Nimrod between 1993 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictMCKENZIE HIKE FIRE
19 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictNFCA GOODPASTURE 3
17 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictNFCA GOODPASTURE 2
17 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCAMP CR 590 LOADER FIRE
9 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMCKENZIE MP31
8 August 2006Natural9.0 acresWillamette National ForestNIMROD
8 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSantiam UnitCARBURETOR FIRE
4 August 1995Smoking5.0 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFEAGLE ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nimrod: 1 past producer, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rosboro BarStonePast Producer
Rosboro BarStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Finn Rock2.4 miles15
Blue River5.2 miles15
Vida8.1 miles13
Rainbow10.6 miles16
Leaburg13.4 miles12
McKenzie Bridge14.4 miles16
Deerhorn17.4 miles12
Foley Springs17.4 miles16

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 NimrodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474064The 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 1124687. 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.