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Oaklawn, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Yoder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97071. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Mills quadrangle. It stands 220 feet above sea level.

Oaklawn within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Oaklawn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14 acres 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
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersELECTRIC FIRE
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMolalla UnitNOWLENS BRIDGE FIRE
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla Unit213 GRASS
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOMER COOP
18 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMolalla UnitROSEWOOD FIRE
6 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresSantiam UnitTTT CATTLE RANCH #1
3 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMolalla UnitMONTE CRISTO
28 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROSEWOOD PILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas 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 Oaklawn: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Marquam Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Asboe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Topsoil PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Asboe QuarryStonePast Producer
Marquam Limestone DepositStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Elliott Prairie1.8 miles16
Yoder2.8 miles15
Hamricks Corner3.4 miles15
Marquam3.9 miles15
Needy3.9 miles15
Butte Creek (historical)4.1 miles15
Rural Dell4.6 miles15
Macksburg7.5 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q130734080The 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 1124924. 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.