South Scappoose, Oregon
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Scappoose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97056. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dixie Mountain quadrangle.
On record in South Scappoose
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.
James Grant Watts Houselisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1915 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dixie Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Dixie Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Dixie Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of South Scappoose between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | DIXIE MTN CAR FIRE |
| 8 September 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | ROCKY POINT |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | J P WEST RD. |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OTTO MILLER ROAD #1 |
| 28 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | TURLEY ROAD #1 |
| 27 September 2009 | Other causes | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | HOLADAY RD. #1 |
| 27 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | RABINSKI ROAD #1 |
| 14 September 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HOLADAY RD. #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of South Scappoose: 21 past producers, 9 producers, 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Scapoose - St Helens | Titanium, Metal, Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Bonser Prospect | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Scapoose-St. Helens Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Scappoose Iron | Iron, Mineral Pigments | Producer | Limonite | |
| Bonser Prospect | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Nelson | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Colport Charcoal Iron | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Scappoose Coal Prospect | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Scappoose Iron | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scappoose | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Johnson Crossing | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Chapman Landing | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Warren | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Spitzenberg | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| McNulty | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bachelor Flat (historical) | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Chapman | 8.0 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568153 | 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 1136766. 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.











