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Paradise Park, Oregon

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97022. The Survey maps it on the Redland quadrangle. It stands 249 feet above sea level.

Paradise Park within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,547 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning60
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1

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 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitRIDGE
9 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitDAY HILL
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLILIAN LN
8 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAGLE VIEW
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitSHERMAN COOPER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,508 acresMolalla UnitDOWTY RD
6 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOWTY RD FIRE
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNURSERY PILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Paradise Park: 35 past producers, 8 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Red Rock Pit 7511 TrsStone, DimensionUnknown
E FischerStonePast Producer
Estacada Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
Quarry 3StonePast Producer
South Eagle PitStonePast Producer
E FischerStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Estacada Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fishcreek Turn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Goodfellow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 7524 TrsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Viola1.8 miles25
Currinsville2.2 miles25
Cedarhurst Park2.4 miles25
Logan2.8 miles25
Eagle Creek3.2 miles25
Estacada3.3 miles25
North Highland4.5 miles25
Douglass Ridge4.8 miles25

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 Q130680691The 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 1136614. 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.