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Rural Dell, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Yoder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97013. The Survey maps it on the Yoder quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.

Rural Dell within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Rural Dell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla Unit213 GRASS
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBARREL
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOMER COOP
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDART GRASS
28 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitMEAT
25 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresMolalla UnitHY OAKS FIRE
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersUNION MILLS CAMPFIRE
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMolalla UnitEL RANCHO ST FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Rural Dell: 18 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, 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
Marquam Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Perry Bond RanchAluminum, ClayProspect
Don BeldingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Don BeldingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steel Bridge BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woodcock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Berrenth QuarryStonePast Producer
Marquam Limestone DepositStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Tyseling QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Hamricks Corner1.6 miles15
Yoder1.8 miles15
Needy3.2 miles15
Molalla3.9 miles16
Macksburg4.5 miles15
Liberal4.6 miles16
Oaklawn4.6 miles15
Marquam5.6 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.

Wikidata item Q122545432The 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 1126361. 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.