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Sunset Beach, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Astoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97146. The Survey maps it on the Gearhart quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Sunset Beach within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Fireworks4
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use3
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCHATTERBOX
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWADSWORTH #2
8 September 2011Smokingunder an acreAstoria DistrictFAIRWAY DR.
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictHWY 101 N
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreAstoria DistrictCLATSOP PLAINS 2 FIRE
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRED FLAG
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAstoria DistrictSPIRIT PLACE
28 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictFICKEN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Beach: 14 past producers, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Peat, Clay. 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
Clatsop Peat SoilsPeatPast Producer
Endicott PitClayPast Producer
Crown Zellerbach Corp. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crown Zellerbach Corp. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
DimeoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gil GramsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gil Gransom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Carnahan0.7 miles16
Surf Pines3.0 miles16
Chadwell (historical)4.2 miles15
Warrenton4.4 miles18
Jeffers Garden5.1 miles15
Gearhart5.4 miles16
Melville5.4 miles15
Miles Crossing6.0 miles15

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 Sunset BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475976The 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 1129849. 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.