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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.

South Scappoose within Columbia County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

54 since 1992

Regional 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 burning15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDIXIE MTN CAR FIRE
8 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY POINT
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreColumbia City UnitJ P WEST RD.
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOTTO MILLER ROAD #1
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitTURLEY ROAD #1
27 September 2009Other causesunder an acreColumbia City UnitHOLADAY RD. #1
27 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitRABINSKI ROAD #1
14 September 2012Smoking2.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOLADAY RD. #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bauxite Scapoose - St HelensTitanium, Metal, Aluminum, IronOccurrenceLimonite
Bonser ProspectAluminum, IronOccurrenceBauxite
Scapoose-St. Helens BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronOccurrence
Scappoose IronIron, Mineral PigmentsProducerLimonite
Bonser ProspectAluminum, IronOccurrence
NelsonClayPast Producer
NelsonClayUnknown
Colport Charcoal IronIronOccurrence
Scappoose Coal ProspectIronUnknown
Scappoose IronIronOccurrenceLimonite

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Scappoose0.8 miles17
Johnson Crossing0.8 miles23
Chapman Landing2.1 miles23
Warren5.5 miles18
Spitzenberg6.7 miles17
McNulty7.0 miles18
Bachelor Flat (historical)7.3 miles18
Chapman8.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122568153The 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.