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Saginaw, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cottage Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97424. It stands on Hall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove quadrangle.

Saginaw within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

98 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Saginaw between 1993 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Natural5
Other causes4
Fireworks2

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictBENNETT CK BEE FARM FIRE
6 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersELM STREET
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFIR GROVE DUSTY GRAVE
6 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDAVISSON ROAD
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFBRYSON SEARS
3 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFDOWENS ROAD
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictVEATCH ROAD
27 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFPLEASANT VIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Saginaw: 19 past producers, 14 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Putnam DepositAluminum, ClayProspect
PutnamClayOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horn SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horn SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trask PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trask PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Walker1.5 miles13
Cottage Grove2.5 miles13
Latham4.0 miles13
Walden4.4 miles13
Royal4.6 miles13
Creswell6.0 miles14
Veatch6.1 miles13
Gap6.7 miles11

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 SaginawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7399259The 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 1126446. 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.