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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.

Three Rocks within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

14 since 1993

Regional 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 ceremony6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestHOLIDAY
18 September 2001Other causesunder an acreToledo UnitEAST DEVILS LAKE
14 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROADS END BEACH FIRE #2
24 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLINCOLN BEACH FIRE
22 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH BEACH
11 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROADS END BEACH FIRE
1 August 2003Fireworksunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestJADE
15 July 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitDEVILS LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Neskowin QuarryStonePast Producer
Neskowin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Roads End2.7 miles6
Otis3.1 miles17
Neotsu3.1 miles17
Wecoma Beach3.9 miles12
Oceanlake4.8 miles12
Delake5.7 miles12
Lincoln City6.0 miles12
Rose Lodge6.7 miles17

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 Q113648539The 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.