Three Rocks, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 97368. It stands on Salmon River. The Survey maps it on the Neskowin quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Nestucca Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Nestucca Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hebo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Neskowin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Three Rocks between 1993 and 2015, burning about 2 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | HOLIDAY |
| 18 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Toledo Unit | EAST DEVILS LAKE |
| 14 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROADS END BEACH FIRE #2 |
| 24 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LINCOLN BEACH FIRE |
| 22 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTH BEACH |
| 11 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROADS END BEACH FIRE |
| 1 August 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | JADE |
| 15 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DEVILS LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Three Rocks: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Neskowin Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Neskowin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads End | 2.7 miles | 6 | |
| Otis | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Neotsu | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wecoma Beach | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oceanlake | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Delake | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lincoln City | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rose Lodge | 6.7 miles | 17 |
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 Q113648539 | 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 1151175. 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.








