BlockSantiam City, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97352. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1912 USGS Jefferson quadrangle1:31680
- 1916 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Santiam City (historical) between 1992 and 2012, burning about 15 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge | WINTEL RD |
| 25 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge | MOHOFF |
| 30 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge | ANKENYFIRE |
| 3 February 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge | ATV FLD 21 |
| 9 October 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge | WINTEL |
| 6 October 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RIVERHAVEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Santiam City (historical): 18 past producers, 13 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith-Butler | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Smith-Butler | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Cox | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cox Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Davidson Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Davidson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Forslund Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Forslund Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kutsch | Stone | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163418. 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.