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Pittsburg, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Vernonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97064. It stands on East Fork Nehalem River. The Survey maps it on the Pittsburg quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.

Pittsburg within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLOUISIANA AVE #1
9 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitSHEELY CREEK
28 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitSHORT ROAD #1
2 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitAPIARY RD #1
17 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitNEHALEM HWY N. #1
13 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia City UnitAPIARY ROAD #1
12 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitREMINGTON
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.4 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersAPIARY RD. MP15#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburg: 14 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Aluminum, Titanium, Metal. 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
Oregon Bauxite DepositAluminum, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceBauxite, Ilmenite
ArchibaldStonePast Producer
Crown ZellerbachStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
Oak Ranch Pit 1 & 2StonePast Producer
Oak Ranch Quarry #1StonePast Producer
Oak Ranch Quarry #2StonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Vernonia3.6 miles17
Corey Hill3.9 miles17
Treharne5.4 miles17
Mist8.6 miles16
Clear Creek9.4 miles16
Keasey9.8 miles16
Trenholm9.9 miles17
Apiary10.2 miles15

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 PittsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478030The 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 1125453. 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.