Taft, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lincoln City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97367. It stands on Nelscott Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lincoln City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Taft between 1993 and 2020, burning about 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | COBRA |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | COBRA 2 |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | LINCOLN CITY BEACH |
| 2 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.9 acres | Toledo Unit | 2200 ROAD |
| 19 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | E. DEVILS LAKE RD FIRE |
| 16 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | 51ST STREET FIRE |
| 15 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DRIFTWOOD |
| 7 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | ROCK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Taft: 20 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fischer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Siletz River Quaary | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Rock | Stone | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelscott | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cutler City | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Salishan Beach | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lincoln City | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Delake | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Kernville | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Oceanlake | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Salishan | 3.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1158517. 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.









