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Three Lynx, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97023. It stands on Three Lynx Creek. The Survey maps it on the Three Lynx quadrangle. It stands 1,322 feet above sea level.

Three Lynx within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Three Lynx between 1992 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 4 were 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 ceremony55
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestWHALE II
7 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestTIMBER
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestHUXLEY
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestSHELLROCK
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestDECK
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestTAG
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestFISH CREEK
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Hood National ForestPUP PIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Three Lynx: 30 past producers, 11 producers, 1 unknown. 11 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
U S Forest ServiceStonePast Producer
U S Forest ServiceStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 058Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 063Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
U S Forest Service 064Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U S Forest Service 066Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U S Forest Service 067Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U S Forest Service 068Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U S Forest Service 069Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U S Forest Service 070Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Ripplebrook3.4 miles19
Bissell12.9 miles18
Dodge13.7 miles18
George14.3 miles18
Welches15.1 miles16
Garfield (historical)15.1 miles25
Wemme16.3 miles16
Rhododendron16.4 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 Three LynxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122598043The 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 1151169. 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.