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Olney, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Astoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97103. It stands on North Fork Klaskanine River. The Survey maps it on the Olney quadrangle. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Olney within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Olney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31 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
Debris and open burning48
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Natural2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCHATTERBOX
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictJACK CREEK
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWADSWORTH #2
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.4 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLNEY CUTOFF
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictTUCKER FIRE
28 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictFICKEN FIRE
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILE 11 FIRE
22 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictMUDD ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Olney: 12 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitFlagstoneProducer
Olney ClayClayOccurrence
Onley Clay DepositClayProspect
Barth Falls 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barth Falls 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
McallisterStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Olney QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barth Falls 1StonePast Producer
Barth Falls 2StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clatsop County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olney in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2022FloodOlney-Road failure during heavy rain closed Oregon highway 202 approximately 1 mile southeast of Olney.

Every storm recorded in Clatsop 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
Fern Hill4.6 miles17
Chadwell (historical)5.0 miles15
Melville5.3 miles15
Biddle (historical)5.6 miles17
Miles Crossing5.6 miles15
Navy Heights6.3 miles15
Jeffers Garden6.3 miles15
Burnside (historical)6.7 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.

Wikipedia article on OlneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7088445The 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 1136599. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.