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Sitkum, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Myrtle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Brummit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sitkum quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Sitkum within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Sitkum between 1992 and 2015, burning about 127 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 burning8
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreBridge UnitWEAVER RIDGE
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBridge UnitBIG CREEK
29 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictDORA
2 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use29 acresCoos Bay DistrictCAMAS CR
19 August 2008Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictSPLIT MOUNTAIN
8 July 1997Debris and open burning2.5 acresCoos Bay DistrictCHANEY #1
31 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresCoos Bay DistrictSANDY
3 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresCoos Bay DistrictOLDWEAVER2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sitkum: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Sandstone QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
John R Stinson RanchGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
John R Stinson RanchGypsum-AnhydriteProspect

Every working recorded in Coos County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sitkum in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2015FloodSitkum-A spotter 2NNW Sitkum reported that Brummit Creek was 2.75 feet over the bank. No water in buildings at that point, but it was still raining heavily.
December 2014FloodSitkum-A spotter at Sitkum reported that the East Fork of the Coquille River was flooded at its junction with Brummit Creek overflowed its banks at around 20/2215 PST. A spotter 2NNW Sitkum reported that Brummit Creek was over its banks near where it empties into the East Fork of the Coquille River. Flooding started at around 21/0225 PST. At 21/0932 PST, the spotter at Sitkum reported water has reached a gymnasium structure and small amounts of water were on the floor. The Sitkum-County Line road was under about 2 feet of water east of the bridge over Brummit Creek. At the time of the report the water was beginning to recede.
December 2008FloodSitkum-An Area Flood Warning was issued for Coos and Curry counties, including the Chetco River, at 28/0827 PST, effective from 28/0827 until 29/2015 PST. The World Newspaper in Coos County reported several houses were flooded in Sitkum, and Sitkum Lane was closed at Milepost 24 due to high water. The Coos County Emergency Manager reported that Bear Creek was flooding and several houses were under water along the west fork of the Coos River. The Flood Warning was cancelled at 29/1958 PST.

Every storm 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
Dora5.1 miles11
McKinley9.2 miles19
Remote10.0 miles11
Lee (historical)11.3 miles19
Bridge11.5 miles19
Gravelford11.9 miles19
Fairview12.2 miles19
Myrtle Point15.8 miles19

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 SitkumAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7531950The 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 1127009. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.