BlockOld Town, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sutherlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97462. It stands on Cabin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sutherlin quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
On record in Old Town
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.
Oakland Historic Districtlisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Sutherlin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Sutherlin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Old Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 13 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 use | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | HOG CREEK |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | NORTH OLD TOWN RD. |
| 9 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 81 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | GOODRICH HIGHWAY |
| 8 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PLAT B |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRASER CANYON |
| 7 September 1992 | Other causes | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | SPARKS ROAD |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COMSTOCK ROAD |
| 6 September 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | I-5 MP 142 #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Old Town: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Cr. Marsh Cr. # 75 Quarry # 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Abeene | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Abeene | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Cabin Creek, Marsh Creek #75 Quarry # 2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ralf N Hakanson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ralf N. Hakanson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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.
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 Q114181076 | 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 1159080. 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.