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Remote, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Myrtle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Remote quadrangle. It stands 246 feet above sea level.

Remote within Coos County

On record in Remote

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Remote between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 12 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 burning21
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitBELIEU CREEK
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBridge UnitFOOT BRIDGE
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictWEAVERRDG
21 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitPLUM PRAIRIE
2 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCRIBBINS LANE
10 September 2004Smokingunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictUPPERROCK
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBridge UnitBONE MTN
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictSLIDE CK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Remote: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Kincheloe QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lucky No. 1MercuryOccurrence
Enchanted PrairieStonePast Producer
Enchanted PrairieStoneProducer
Kincheloe QuarryStonePast Producer

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
Bridge6.2 miles19
Bancroft7.6 miles18
Sitkum10.0 miles11
Dora10.9 miles11
Gaylord11.9 miles18
Etelka (historical)11.9 miles18
Gravelford12.0 miles19
Powers12.8 miles18

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 RemoteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478026The 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 1125943. 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.