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Shelburn, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mill City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97374. It stands on Bear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Scio quadrangle.

Shelburn within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Shelburn between 2018 and 2019, burning about 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILL CREEK
8 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGAP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Shelburn: 10 past producers, 10 producers, 2 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Copper OccurrenceCopperOccurrence
Iron OccurrenceIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Santiam Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Santiam Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
BrockStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn 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
West Scio1.8 miles20
Scio2.4 miles20
Kingston6.1 miles16
Dotyville (historical)6.6 miles20
Crabtree7.1 miles20
Jordan9.1 miles12
Central (historical)9.1 miles20
Draperville10.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166711. 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.