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Parker, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Monmouth-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97351. It lies near Davidson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Monmouth quadrangle.

Parker within Polk County

On record in Parker

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Parker between 1993 and 2003, burning about 4 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
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acrePhilomath UnitLLOYD DAY
1 August 1993Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictWELLS ISLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Parker: 15 past producers, 7 producers, 2 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Buena Vista ClayClayOccurrence
Buena Vista ClayClayOccurrence
Coffin ButteStonePast Producer
Coffin Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Krauger PitStonePast Producer
Krauger PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wigrich-Pomeroy BarStonePast Producer
Wigrich-Pomeroy BarStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parker in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2017: 2 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
February 2017FloodParker-Heavy rain caused the Luckiamute River near Suver to flood. The river crested at 27.42 feet, which is 0.42 feet above flood stage.
November 2016FloodParker-Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Luckiamute River near Suver. The Luckiamute River reached flood stage at 1225 PM on November 25th, and crested at 28.8 feet at 830 PM on November 25th. The river dropped below flood stage at 627 PM on November 26.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Suver2.0 miles18
Buena Vista2.9 miles16
Stapleton3.8 miles16
Modeville4.0 miles16
Putnam (historical)4.3 miles15
Hopville4.4 miles16
Monmouth5.5 miles16
Independence5.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166694. 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.