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Tidewater, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Waldport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97390. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tidewater quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.

Tidewater within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Tidewater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 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
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
6 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSiuslaw National ForestCANAL CREEK 073
4 July 2006Fireworksunder an acreToledo UnitLITTLE SWITZERLAND
4 July 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitTIDEWATER
20 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestDRIFT CREEK
15 July 2010Smokingunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestINDIDENT 29
11 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitDARKEY CR #2
18 June 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitDON'S CAMP
15 June 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictEDDIES CAT

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 Tidewater: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Table Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer
Table Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tidewater in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 4 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2021FloodTidewater-The Alsea River near Tidewater (TIDO3) rose above flood stage at 0100PST, crested at 20.83 feet, the subsided below flood stage at 1400PST on the 13th.
December 2014FloodTidewater-The Alsea River near Tidewater reached flood stage of 18 feet at 1030 pm PST on December 20th. The river crested at 18.89 feet at 230 AM PST on December 21st, and dropped below flood stage at 1130 AM PST.
December 2007FloodTidewater-The Alsea River flooded near Tidewater, causing widespread damage to homes near the area.
December 2005FloodTidewater-no account filed

Every storm 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
Alsea Rivera0.4 miles13
Little Switzerland0.8 miles13
Little Albany0.9 miles13
Westwood Village2.1 miles13
Linville (historical)4.6 miles13
Drift Creek5.1 miles13
Denzer (historical)6.3 miles13
Bayview7.5 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 TidewaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7800870The 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 1151211. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.