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.
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.
Yaquina Bay Bridge No. 01820listed 2005 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1942 USGS Yaquina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Yaquina quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Yaquina NE quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Yaquina SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Newport South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DAVIS SLOUGH |
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MCCAFFERY SLOUGH FIRE |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BIG CREEK FIRE |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | STATION FIRE |
| 7 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SURF FIRE |
| 7 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRISBEE FIRE |
| 24 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 20 GRASS FIRE |
| 22 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | NORTH THIEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Ilmenite | Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport Placer | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite, Ilmenite | |
| Agate Beach | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Agate Beach Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blattner Creek Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blattner Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Smith Transfer | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Transfer | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Yaquina | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Newport Heights | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Holiday Beach | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Oysterville | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Forfar | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Agate Beach | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Fruitvale | 4.6 miles | 11 |
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 Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7566273 | 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 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.










