Sumner, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coquille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97420. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coos Bay quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Sumner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RODDERICK RD # 2 |
| 6 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RODDERICK RD |
| 5 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | SHINGLEHOUSE SLOUGH |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | DANIELS CREEK |
| 3 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | E. CATCHING SLOUGH ROAD |
| 28 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CATCHING SLOUGH |
| 27 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | SHINGLEHOUSE |
| 24 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ISTHMUS SLOUGH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sumner: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinks Mining, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fairview Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fairview Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Acres | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Coos City (historical) | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Kings Landing (historical) | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Millington | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Delmar | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bay Park | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Coaledo | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Libby | 5.8 miles | 21 |
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 Sumner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7637942 | The 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 1136798. 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.









