Oceanlake, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lincoln City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97367. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln City quadrangle.
On record in Oceanlake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dorchester Houselisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lincoln City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Oceanlake between 1993 and 2016, burning about 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | LINCOLN CITY BEACH |
| 2 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.9 acres | Toledo Unit | 2200 ROAD |
| 19 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | E. DEVILS LAKE RD FIRE |
| 18 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Toledo Unit | EAST DEVILS LAKE |
| 16 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | 51ST STREET FIRE |
| 15 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DRIFTWOOD |
| 14 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROADS END BEACH FIRE #2 |
| 7 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | ROCK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Oceanlake: 12 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Ford Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lyons Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delake | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wecoma Beach | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lincoln City | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Roads End | 2.2 miles | 6 | |
| Nelscott | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Neotsu | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Taft | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cutler City | 4.1 miles | 12 |
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 Q122595126 | The 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 1759218. 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.









