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Tiernan, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97453. It stands on David Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiernan quadrangle.

Tiernan within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 15 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Tiernan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 335 acres in total. 5 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural5
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictRICE HILL 0909
8 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSHAKE N' BAKE
5 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestSWEET CREEK
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestNORTH FORK MP 11
20 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane District920 TROUT POND FIRE
2 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictHWY 126 FIRE
12 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresSiuslaw National ForestBEAGLE TAYLOR
7 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictLOWER KNOWLES FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tiernan: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camp QuarryStonePast Producer
Camp Quarry Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Camp Quarry Pit& PlantStonePast Producer
CampquarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Elk Wallow QuarryStonePast Producer
Elk Wallow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiernan in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 debris flow. 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
December 2021Debris FlowTiernan-Landslides dumped mud, trees, and rocks across Highway 126 about 10 miles east of Florence. An estimated 300 yards of the highway was covered by the landslide, which took about 24 hours to clear.

Every storm recorded in Lane 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
Point Terrace1.6 miles15
Minerva3.9 miles15
Mapleton4.5 miles15
Brickerville4.6 miles15
Cushman5.9 miles15
Rainrock6.1 miles15
Earl (historical)6.2 miles14
Tide6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166615. 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.