Stapleton, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Monmouth-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97351. It stands on Hartman Slough. The Survey maps it on the Monmouth quadrangle.

Stapleton within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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.

1914 USGS Independence quadrangle1:31680
1917 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1940 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Monmouth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Stapleton in 2003, burning under an acre in total. 1 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
Natural	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
7 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Philomath Unit	LLOYD DAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Stapleton: 13 past producers, 11 producers, 2 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Buena Vista Clay	Clay	Occurrence
Buena Vista Clay	Clay	Occurrence
Krauger Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Krauger Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Wigrich-Pomeroy Bar	Stone	Past Producer
Wigrich-Pomeroy Bar	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hanna Ranch	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Independence	1.9 miles	16
Monmouth	2.1 miles	16
Parker	3.8 miles	16
Hopville	4.2 miles	16
Cochrane (historical)	4.3 miles	16
Modeville	4.6 miles	16
Buena Vista	4.9 miles	16
Putnam (historical)	5.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163449. 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.