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Pedee, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Falls City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97361. It stands on McTimmonds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Falls City quadrangle.

Pedee within Polk County

On record in Pedee

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

9 surveys from 12 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Pedee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 551 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning13
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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 2002Naturalunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District1480 SPUR
6 September 2002Natural1.5 acresNorthwest Oregon District1480 ROAD
28 September 1999Smokingunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictSOUTHFORK
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDallas UnitSOUTH KINGS VALLEY
19 September 2020Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOUNTY LINE STRIKE
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDallas UnitFIR GROVE #1
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDallas UnitFIR GROVE #2
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPhilomath UnitEMRY MOORE POND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pedee: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
La Ro Lumber CoStonePast Producer
La Ro Lumber CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStonePast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Tri-CountyStonePast Producer
Tri-County PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weisensee Farm/Luckiamute PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weisensee Farm/Luckiamute QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working 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
Lewisville4.4 miles15
Airlie4.4 miles15
Bridgeport6.7 miles12
Putnam (historical)7.2 miles15
Carey (historical)7.4 miles12
Ferns (historical)7.4 miles15
Falls City7.9 miles12
Black Rock9.2 miles12

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 PedeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7159078The 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 1163198. 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.