BlockBefore

Olalla, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Tenmile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97496. It lies near Dickerson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tenmile quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Olalla within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Olalla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 were 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
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes6
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBENEDICT RD
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationKENT CREEK
7 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreRoseburg DistrictCOURSEGOLD
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLALLA RD.
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKENT CR.
3 September 1999Smokingunder an acreRoseburg DistrictRICE CREEK
3 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDAWSON ROAD
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictQUIET MTN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Olalla: 12 past producers, 10 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Fort KnoxCopperOccurrence
Ollala PlacersGold, SilverProducerPlacer
Byron LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Byron LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Looking Glass Cr.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Looking Glass Cr.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ten Mile PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
FisherGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Tenmile2.1 miles11
Porter Creek3.5 miles11
Reston5.6 miles11
Brockway6.0 miles17
Camas Valley6.7 miles11
Dillard7.2 miles17
Civil Bend (historical)7.4 miles17
Winston8.4 miles17

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 Q114181909The 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 1124946. 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.