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Reuben, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goble census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97048. It lies near Sandy Island. The Survey maps it on the Rainier quadrangle. It stands 82 feet above sea level.

Reuben within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Reuben between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1998Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI ROAD #1
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEMERALD 2
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILE POST 35
4 September 2003Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI RD #1
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOTTONWOOD POINT FIRE
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitADAMS CREEK #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Reuben: 22 past producers, 7 producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Columbia West QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Babler Bros.StonePast Producer
Bob Walker PitStonePast Producer
Goble QuarryStonePast Producer
Grahm Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Longview FiberStonePast Producer
McateeStonePast Producer
Tide Creek RockStonePast Producer
Babler Bros.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Goble PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Goble0.5 miles12
Beaver Homes2.6 miles12
Prescott2.8 miles12
Beaver Springs4.5 miles12
Lindbergh4.8 miles12
Deer Island5.6 miles18
Canaan5.7 miles17
Rainier6.4 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.

Wikidata item Q121298359The 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 1136681. 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.