Shaw, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97325. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stayton quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1925 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Stayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Shaw between 2000 and 2019, burning about 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santiam Unit | TRIUMPH ROAD |
| 15 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | TRIUMPH RD. FIRE |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | TREE HAVEN COMPLEX |
| 31 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santiam Unit | CASCADE FIRE |
| 30 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santiam Unit | CASCADE HWY FIRE |
| 30 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santiam Unit | WALDO HILLS |
| 14 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | TRIUMPH PILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Shaw: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Aluminum, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Waldo Hills | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Bauxite, Gibbsite | |
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Waldo Hills Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Turner Sand and Gravel Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Victor Point Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Victor Point Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Macleay Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Macleay Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Peterson | Clay | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aumsville | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Macleay | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Young | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Clymer (historical) | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Turner | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sublimity | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fruitland | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ale (historical) | 5.9 miles | 16 |
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 Shaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7491134 | 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 1160995. 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.










