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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1928 USGS Sitkum quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Sitkum quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sitkum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Bridge Unit | WEAVER RIDGE |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Bridge Unit | BIG CREEK |
| 29 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Bay District | DORA |
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Coos Bay District | CAMAS CR |
| 19 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | SPLIT MOUNTAIN |
| 8 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Coos Bay District | CHANEY #1 |
| 31 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Coos Bay District | SANDY |
| 3 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Coos Bay District | OLDWEAVER2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| John R Stinson Ranch | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| John R Stinson Ranch | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Sitkum | - | 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 2014 | Flood | Sitkum | - | 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 2008 | Flood | Sitkum | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dora | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| McKinley | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Remote | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lee (historical) | 11.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bridge | 11.5 miles | 19 | |
| Gravelford | 11.9 miles | 19 | |
| Fairview | 12.2 miles | 19 | |
| Myrtle Point | 15.8 miles | 19 |
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 Sitkum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7531950 | 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 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.





