Ocean Park, 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 Spencer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newport North quadrangle.
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
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Ocean Park between 1994 and 2014, burning about 98 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 30 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | FOULWEATHER |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Toledo Unit | AGATE BEACH FIRE |
| 2 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BEVERLY FIRE |
| 8 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Toledo Unit | BEVERLY BEACH |
| 6 July 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Toledo Unit | MOOLACH CREEK |
| 5 July 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Toledo Unit | ROCKY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Ocean Park: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 2 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium. 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 | |
| Moolack Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moolack Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 | ||
| Iron Mountain Quarry | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Beach | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Otter Rock | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Agate Beach | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Depoe Bay | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Newport Heights | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bellamy (historical) | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Newport | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Fruitvale | 6.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1135957. 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.










