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Springwater, Oregon

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97023. The Survey maps it on the Estacada quadrangle. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.

Springwater within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Springwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 burning74
Recreation and ceremony23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural5
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes3
Fireworks2

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 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitDAY HILL
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution497 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictUNGER RD FIRE
5 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMolalla UnitLINDE #2
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMolalla UnitMOSSY HILL
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPROMONTORY #2
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTRASH FIRE
28 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictGOAT MTN TOWER
27 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitUNGER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Springwater: 23 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold. 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
Clear CreekIron, Aluminum, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceBauxite
Ferruginous Bauxite DepositAluminum, Iron, TitaniumProspect
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceUnknown
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
North Fork ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
Red Rock Pit 7511 TrsStone, DimensionUnknown
Bauxite DepositClayOccurrence
Clear CreekAluminum, ClayProspect
ElwoodStonePast Producer
Estacada Pit and PlantStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Estacada2.7 miles25
Dodge3.2 miles18
Elwood3.3 miles18
Highland3.7 miles19
Garfield (historical)3.7 miles25
North Highland3.7 miles25
Tracy4.4 miles25
Currinsville4.4 miles25

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 SpringwaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7581257The 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 1150201. 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.