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Shorewood, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Bayside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97459. It stands on North Slough. The Survey maps it on the North Bend quadrangle. It stands 187 feet above sea level.

Shorewood within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Shorewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 burning39
Recreation and ceremony28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking9
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestHAUSER 1
9 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestHAUSER
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROLLING HILLS DRIVE
7 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationOLD MILL ROAD
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH SLOUGH
4 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationSPOONDRIFT
28 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationKENTUCK WAY
2 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMARINE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Shorewood: 14 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Coo-Sand Corp.Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coosand Corp.SilicaPast Producer
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bay Area HospitalSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bay Area HospitalSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harbor Tug and BargeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harbor Tug and BargeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haynes SloughSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Glasgow1.4 miles20
Hauser2.7 miles20
North Bend3.3 miles20
Cooston4.4 miles20
Saunders Lake4.9 miles15
Empire5.3 miles22
Coos Bay6.0 miles21
Eastside6.4 miles21

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 Q114840244The 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 1149422. 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.