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Sixes, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Port Orford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97476. It stands on Crystal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sixes quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Sixes within Curry County

On record in Sixes

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Sixes between 1992 and 2019, burning about 168 acres in total. 3 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 burning34
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGold Beach UnitPARADISE POINT
7 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitHEREFORD ROAD
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictCRYSTAL CREEK
15 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersAIRPORT ROAD
8 August 2008Firearms and explosives useunder an acreGold Beach UnitSMALL CREEK
8 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGold Beach UnitRHODY LANE
6 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDENMARK
6 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitMILL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Sixes: 31 past producers, 13 producers, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Platinum, Stone. 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
Cape BlancoOsmium, Platinum, Gold, ChromiumPast ProducerChromite, Gold, Platinum
Cape Blanco MineGold, Platinum, OsmiumPast Producer
CorbinGold, Platinum, Iridium, OsmiumProducerStream Placer
Corbin PropertyGold, Platinum, Osmium, IridiumPast Producer
Crystal CreekChromium, Platinum, GoldPast Producer
Crystal Terrace PlacerGold, Platinum, ChromiumOccurrenceBeach Placer
Crystal Terrace PlacerGold, Chromium, PGEOccurrence
Divelbiss #2Gold, Platinum, Chromium, MercuryProducerStream Placer
Divelbliss #2Gold, Platinum, Mercury, ChromiumUnknown
Meek's PlacerGold, Platinum, Chromium, Osmium, IridiumPast ProducerBeach Placer

Every working recorded in Curry County

Storms near this place

1 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sixes in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 heavy rain. 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
January 1998Heavy RainSixes-4.20 inches rainfall fell in past 24 hours.

Every storm recorded in Curry 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
Denmark5.0 miles18
Port Orford5.2 miles18
Lakeport (historical)5.8 miles18
Plum Trees6.7 miles18
Langlois7.3 miles18
Eckley (historical)15.9 miles18
Ophir18.5 miles17
Nesika Beach22.0 miles17

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 SixesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474072The 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 1149566. 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.