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Swisshome, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Middle Siuslaw River-Triangle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97480. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mapleton quadrangle. It stands 213 feet above sea level.

Swisshome within Lane County

On record in Swisshome

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 15 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Swisshome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. 4 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 burning14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane District4.5 MILE INDIAN CREEK
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictRICE HILL 0909
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 36 MP 7
5 September 2014Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 36
11 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDEADWOOD CREEK
10 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictBERRY FIRE
1 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestINDIAN CREEK
7 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictLOWER KNOWLES FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Swisshome: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Camp QuarryStonePast Producer
Camp Quarry Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Camp Quarry Pit& PlantStonePast Producer
CampquarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Elk Wallow QuarryStonePast Producer
Elk Wallow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
SwisshomeStonePast Producer
Swisshome PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swisshome in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 debris flow. 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 2023Debris FlowSwisshome-Spotter reported a rockslide on Highway 36, with small trees down, but could move around them. Tripcheck showed rockslide between Rainrock and Swisshome, OR. Areas of running water over Highway 36 and the train tracks was also observed.

Every storm recorded in Lane 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
Indiola1.6 miles15
Tide2.2 miles15
Rainrock3.0 miles15
Deadwood3.2 miles15
Mapleton3.6 miles15
Brickerville4.4 miles15
Point Terrace6.8 miles15
Linslaw7.3 miles13

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 SwisshomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478099The 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 1150791. 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.