BlockSaunders Lake, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Bayside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97459. It stands on Charlotte Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lakeside quadrangle. 1,055 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 197 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1923 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Saunders Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | HAUSER 1 |
| 9 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | HAUSER |
| 7 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROLLING HILLS DRIVE |
| 7 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | OLD MILL ROAD |
| 6 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BEAVER LOOP ROAD |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NORTH SLOUGH |
| 6 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | SAUNDERS CREEK 102 |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | SPINREEL ROAD 101 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Saunders Lake: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | ||
| Harbor Tug and Barge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harbor Tug and Barge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haynes Slough | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haynes Slough | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rodgers Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Saunders Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108365278 | The 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 1154641. 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.