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Oretown, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Neskowin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97112. It stands on Upton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nestucca Bay quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Oretown within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Oretown between 1992 and 2017, burning about 78 acres in total. 1 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 burning16
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestHOLIDAY
21 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictIRISH STEW
2 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.9 acresTillamook DistrictHAWK CREEK
18 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROCKPIT FIRE
16 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District1690
13 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersJENCK ROAD
1 September 2002Smokingunder an acreTillamook DistrictHUDSON HOUSE
7 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresTillamook DistrictSQUAW CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Oretown: 12 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clear Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hurliman PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johnson Wirth PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Neskowin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ogle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Tillamook 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
Meda2.1 miles16
Pacific City3.4 miles16
Neskowin3.6 miles17
Woods4.2 miles16
Cloverdale4.9 miles16
Tierra Del Mar6.8 miles17
Hebo7.2 miles16
Happy Hollow8.1 miles16

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 OretownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7101679The 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 1147268. 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.