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.
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
Riley-Cutler Houselisted 1980
Ritner Creek Bridgelisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional 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 use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | 1480 SPUR |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Northwest Oregon District | 1480 ROAD |
| 28 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | SOUTHFORK |
| 21 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Dallas Unit | SOUTH KINGS VALLEY |
| 19 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COUNTY LINE STRIKE |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Dallas Unit | FIR GROVE #1 |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Dallas Unit | FIR GROVE #2 |
| 18 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Philomath Unit | EMRY MOORE POND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ro Lumber Co | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| La Ro Lumber Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State University | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State University | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tri-County | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tri-County Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weisensee Farm/Luckiamute Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weisensee Farm/Luckiamute Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Airlie | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bridgeport | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Putnam (historical) | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Carey (historical) | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ferns (historical) | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Falls City | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Black Rock | 9.2 miles | 12 |
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 Pedee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7159078 | The 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.








