BlockSalem Station, Oregon
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97301. It stands on Clark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salem West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Salem Station
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 within a mile 12 of 47 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
S. A. Manning Buildinglisted 1987 · 0.1 miles away
R. P. Boise Buildinglisted 1981 · 0.1 miles away
J. K. Gill Buildinglisted 1980 · 0.2 miles away
Salem Downtown State Street-Commercial Street Historic Districtlisted 2001 · 0.2 miles away
Bush-Breyman Blocklisted 1978 · 0.2 miles away
Old First National Bank Buildinglisted 1986 · 0.2 miles away
Adolph Blocklisted 1980 · 0.2 miles away
Farrar Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Bush and Brey Block and Annexlisted 1981 · 0.2 miles away
Starkey-McCully Blocklisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
Reed Opera House and McCornack Block Additionlisted 1978 · 0.2 miles away
South First National Bank Blocklisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Eola quadrangle1:31680
- 1917 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Salem West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Salem West quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Salem Station (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning under an acre in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SPENCER BUTTE |
| 20 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Ronde Tribes | W FRK SNAG |
| 20 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Ronde Tribes | E FRK SNAG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Salem Station (historical): 37 past producers, 26 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Chapman and Eola Hills | Aluminum, Titanium, Metal, Iron | Occurrence | Bauxite, Gibbsite | |
| Chapman and Eola Hills Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Illahee Hill | Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Illahee Hill | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Austin Borrow | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Austin Bottow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 0.5 miles | 20 | |
| Highland Station (historical) | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Four Corners | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Badger Corner | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Park | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Keizer | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Liberty | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Grabenhorst Corner | 3.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1637687. 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.