BlockTempleton, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Bayside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97459. It stands on Robertson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trail Butte quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1923 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Trail Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Templeton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 6 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 burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | SPINREEL ROAD 101 |
| 6 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | COLEMAN ARM |
| 5 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | REAVIS RD |
| 5 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | NORTH LAKE ROAD |
| 30 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LARSON LANE |
| 24 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | WILLOW POINT ISLAND |
| 18 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | NOBLE CREEK |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | BIG CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q114840211 | 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 1150963. 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.