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Suver, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Monmouth-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97361. It stands on Berry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

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Suver within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Suver between 1993 and 1995, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 August 1993Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictWELLS ISLE
14 October 1995Debris and open burningunder an acrePhilomath UnitTAMPICO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Suver: 13 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Buena Vista ClayClayOccurrence
Buena Vista ClayClayOccurrence
Coffin ButteStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Coffin Butte PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coffin Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Albany Rock Products 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

16 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Suver in 16 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 16 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2007FloodSuver$1,000,000The Luckiamute River flooded near Suver, causing minor flooding. NOTE: Damage estimates are for the entire Polk county.
December 2015FloodSuver$225,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Lukiamute River near Suver.
December 2015FloodSuver$95,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Lukiamute River near Suver as well as several streams in the area. Water covered many of the roads including the closure of Highway 18.
December 2015FloodSuver$75,000The Luckiamute River flooded near Suver.
January 2024FloodSuver-Heavy rain caused minor flooding along the Luckiamute River near Suver.
December 2024FloodSuver-The Luckimute at Suver reached Minor Flood level(27 ft) at 1800 PST on Dec 27. The river fell below flood level on Dec 28 at 2330.
December 2023FloodSuver-Minor flooding occurred on the Luckiamute River near Suver as an atmospheric river brought heavy rains.
December 2014FloodSuver-The Luckiamute river near Suver reached flood stage of 27 feet around 820 AM PST on December 21st. The river crested at 30.46 feet at 3 PM, and dropped below flood stage later that evening.
January 2011FloodSuver-Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff to produce flooding on the Luckiamute River. The Luckiamute River at Suver crested at 28.7 feet on January 17th at 09:15 PST.
December 2010FloodSuver-Heavy rain caused the Luckiamute River to rise above flood stage.
January 2009FloodSuver-Heavy rain caused the Luckiamute river to overflow its banks and flood property near highway 99.
January 2009FloodSuver-Heavy rain caused the Luckiamuter river to rise above flood stage.
December 2006FloodSuver-The Luckiamute River near Suver crested at 28.9 feet on the 15th; flood stage for this river is 27.0 feet.
January 2006FloodSuver-no account filed
January 2006FloodSuver-no account filed
December 2005FloodSuver-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Parker2.0 miles16
Buena Vista3.5 miles16
Putnam (historical)5.0 miles15
Modeville5.1 miles16
Hopville5.7 miles16
Stapleton5.8 miles16
Airlie6.6 miles15
Monmouth7.4 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.

Wikipedia article on SuverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16900960The 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 1166715. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.