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Parkersburg, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bandon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97411. It lies near Richardson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Riverton quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Parkersburg within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Parkersburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 413 acres in total. 10 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 burning50
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural10
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism2

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
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use347 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH BANK LANE MM8
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationSEVENMILE CREEK
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBILL CREEK
6 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationBEAVER SLOUGH
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitWINDHURST ROAD
3 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGold Beach UnitPROSPER JUNCTION ROAD
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWINHURST LANE
28 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOUNTY DUMP ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Parkersburg: 33 past producers, 15 occurrences, 7 producers, 3 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Gold, 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
Eagle MineGold, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum, ChromiumProducer1865
Eagle MineGold, Osmium, Platinum, Zirconium, IridiumPast Producer
Iowa MineGold, Platinum, ChromiumPast Producer1934
Iowa MineGold, Chromium, PlatinumPast Producer
Lane Extension MineGold, PGEOccurrence
Pioneer MineGold, Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, ChromiumPast Producer1866
Pioneer MineGold, PGE, IronPast Producer
The LagoonsChromium, Platinum, GoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
Eagle Mine CoquilleGold, ChromiumPast ProducerPlacer
Independence MineGold, ChromiumOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Prosper1.7 miles21
Randolph1.9 miles21
Winterville1.9 miles21
Cranberry Corners2.7 miles20
Bullards2.9 miles20
Lampa (historical)3.5 miles21
Riverton3.7 miles21
Bandon3.9 miles21

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 Q114871732The 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 1136616. 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.