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South Beach, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97366. It stands on King Slough. The Survey maps it on the Newport South quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

South Beach within Lincoln County

On record in South Beach

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of South Beach between 1992 and 2018, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreToledo UnitDAVIS SLOUGH
23 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMCCAFFERY SLOUGH FIRE
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBIG CREEK FIRE
10 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTATION FIRE
7 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSURF FIRE
7 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFRISBEE FIRE
24 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 20 GRASS FIRE
22 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitNORTH THIEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of South Beach: 10 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium. 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
Big Creek IlmeniteIron, Zirconium, Titanium, ChromiumOccurrence
Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport PlacerIron, Titanium, Metal, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Ilmenite
Agate BeachStonePast Producer
Agate Beach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Blattner Creek PitStonePast Producer
Blattner Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Smith TransferStonePast Producer
Smith TransferStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Newport1.7 miles18
Yaquina2.2 miles17
Newport Heights2.5 miles18
Holiday Beach3.3 miles17
Oysterville3.4 miles17
Forfar4.3 miles17
Agate Beach4.5 miles18
Fruitvale4.6 miles11

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 South BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7566273The 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 1150095. 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.