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Otter Rock, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97369. It stands on Dope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newport North quadrangle. It stands 98 feet above sea level.

Otter Rock within Lincoln County

On record in Otter Rock

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Otter Rock between 1994 and 2014, burning about 97 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
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle 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
30 August 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitFOULWEATHER
2 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBEVERLY FIRE
8 July 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresToledo UnitBEVERLY BEACH
6 July 2003Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitMOOLACH CREEK
5 July 2003Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitROCKY CREEK
4 July 2005Natural2.5 acresToledo UnitROCKY CREEK
31 July 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreToledo UnitSPENCER CREEK
25 July 1996Other causesunder an acreToledo UnitBEVERLY BEACH STATE PARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Otter Rock: 9 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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
Moolack Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moolack Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Agate BeachStonePast Producer
Agate Beach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Iron Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer
Iron Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer
Iron Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Iron Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Little Iron Mtn QuarryStonePast Producer
Little Iron Mtn. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Ocean Park1.5 miles18
Beverly Beach1.9 miles18
Depoe Bay4.2 miles13
Agate Beach4.8 miles18
Pacific Palisades6.7 miles13
Bellamy (historical)7.0 miles11
Lincoln Beach7.2 miles13
Newport Heights7.4 miles18

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 Otter RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3279197The 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 1125065. 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.