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Oysterville, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Toledo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97391. It stands on Poole Slough. The Survey maps it on the Newport South quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Oysterville within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Oysterville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 19 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning16
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreToledo UnitDAVIS SLOUGH
24 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreToledo Unit1000 OLD'S
23 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMCCAFFERY SLOUGH FIRE
15 September 1997Naturalunder an acreToledo UnitBEAVER VALLEY
13 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBEAVER CR. FIRE
9 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreToledo UnitSHORE LANDS
7 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSURF FIRE
7 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFRISBEE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oysterville: 6 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Smith TransferStonePast Producer
Smith TransferStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
St Clair PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
St. Clair PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Goddard SiteClayPast Producer
Goddard SiteClayProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Yaquina1.7 miles17
South Beach3.4 miles17
Holiday Beach3.6 miles17
Forfar3.9 miles17
Sunnyridge4.4 miles11
Toledo4.5 miles11
Newport Heights4.7 miles18
Newport4.9 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.

Wikidata item Q113652266The 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 1147326. 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.