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Nortons, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eddyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97343. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nortons quadrangle. It stands 187 feet above sea level.

Nortons within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Nortons between 1994 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
22 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreToledo UnitCLINE HILL
14 September 2002Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitPETERSON CREEK
9 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreToledo UnitELLMARK 98
30 August 2003Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreToledo UnitHUTCHCROFT
18 August 2008Naturalunder an acreToledo UnitNORTON FIRE
1 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreToledo UnitELLMAKER PICK-UP
8 July 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitEDDYVILLE II
8 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreToledo UnitRR 743

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nortons: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Eddyville4.4 miles11
Little Elk (historical)4.6 miles11
Nashville5.0 miles12
Burnt Woods5.9 miles13
Chitwood6.4 miles11
Logsden7.3 miles11
Harlan8.6 miles12
Morrison (historical)8.6 miles11

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 NortonsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7060711The 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 1136582. 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.