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Old Colton, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Colton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97017. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colton quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Old Colton within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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 Old Colton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 570 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning72
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitS. OSWALT
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictHUNTER RD CF 2
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBEAVERCREEK BURN
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution497 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictUNGER RD FIRE
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBAURER ROAD
4 September 2011Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitHULT
27 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitUNGER ROAD
22 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMolalla UnitSTUMPY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Old Colton: 26 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceUnknown
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Arthur H SynderSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arthur H SynderSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fernwood QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fernwood QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Willard G DeardorffSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Willard G DeardorffSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
B L M 02Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
B L M 06Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Colton1.2 miles19
Timber Grove2.6 miles19
Elwood3.4 miles18
Clarkes4.2 miles19
Cedardale4.3 miles19
Fernwood4.4 miles17
Upper Highland4.5 miles19
Highland5.3 miles19

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 Q122554603The 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 1124962. 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.