Putnam, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Monmouth-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97361. It stands on Little Luckiamute River. The Survey maps it on the Airlie North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Putnam within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

1922 USGS Airlie quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
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 Airlie North quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Putnam (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 2 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 burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	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
17 September 1998	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Dallas Unit	SHADY LANE
12 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Dallas Unit	FISHBACK
1 September 1992	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Dallas Unit	SMITH ROAD
9 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	TARTER RD
7 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	52 acres	Dallas Unit	SMITH ROAD
7 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Philomath Unit	LLOYD DAY
7 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Dallas Unit	MONMOUTH HIGHWAY
27 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	AIRLIE RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lewisville	3.2 miles	15
Airlie	3.4 miles	15
Parker	4.3 miles	16
Suver	5.0 miles	18
Stapleton	5.1 miles	16
Monmouth	5.2 miles	16
Ferns (historical)	6.6 miles	15
Independence	6.9 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163476. 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.