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Stephens, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sutherlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97462. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tyee Mountain quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.

Stephens within Douglas County

On record in Stephens

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

7 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.

Fires near this place

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Stephens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 363 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use43
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOAKHILL RD. #2
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOMSTOCK ROAD
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationSHERWOOD
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationI-5 MP 140
29 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationFORT MCKAY RD.
28 September 1993Smokingunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationLOWER GARDEN VALLEY
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationFORT MCKAY RD.
25 September 1999Fireworksunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationGREEN VALLEY # 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stephens: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit #744Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit #744Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Umpqua4.2 miles16
Sutherlin4.3 miles16
Union Gap4.4 miles16
Wilbur5.1 miles16
Oakland5.6 miles16
Coles Valley6.0 miles11
Old Town6.2 miles16
Winchester7.4 miles16

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 Q114222251The 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 1127593. 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.