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Spoos Mill, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Mitchell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97750. It stands on Keeton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Frog Hollow quadrangle. It stands 3,950 feet above sea level.

Spoos Mill within Wheeler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Spoos Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,343 acres in total. 44 started naturally. None 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
Natural44
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohn Day UnitWATERMAN
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOchoco National Forest0963 PR
22 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOchoco National Forest1396
14 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOchoco National Forest1187
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitLEWIS ROCK
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreOchoco National Forest1030
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreOchoco National Forest0814
4 August 1999Natural1.0 acresJohn Day UnitBARNHOUSE SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wheeler County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Spoos Mill: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Antone JunctionStonePast Producer
Antone Junction PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wheeler 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
Caleb (historical)3.4 miles10
Waterman (historical)8.3 miles10
Antone (historical)9.4 miles15
Mitchell10.0 miles13
Waldron (historical)14.5 miles12
Richmond14.7 miles10
Twickenham18.7 miles12
Service Creek19.4 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.

Wikidata item Q112693191The 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 1161528. 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.