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Salishan Beach, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Depoe Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97388. It stands on Schooner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln City quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Salishan Beach within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

59 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Salishan Beach between 1993 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony38
Debris and open burning12
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestCOBRA
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestCOBRA 2
3 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitLINCOLN CITY BEACH
2 September 2006Recreation and ceremony8.9 acresToledo Unit2200 ROAD
19 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersE. DEVILS LAKE RD FIRE
16 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters51ST STREET FIRE
15 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitDRIFTWOOD
7 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestROCK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Salishan Beach: 22 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Baldy Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Devils Lake Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fischer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Siletz River QuaaryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Baldy Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Devils Lake QuarryStonePast Producer
Devils Lake QuarryStoneProducer
Devils Lake RockStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Cutler City0.6 miles12
Taft1.2 miles12
Salishan1.7 miles12
Kernville1.8 miles12
Nelscott2.0 miles12
Gleneden Beach2.5 miles12
Lincoln City2.9 miles12
Delake3.2 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 Q113648626The 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 1136945. 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.