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Tierra Del Mar, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Beaver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97112. It stands on Beltz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sand Lake quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Tierra Del Mar within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Tierra Del Mar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 2 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 ceremony21
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestSLRA #18
28 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictCONDOR RD
19 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTillamook DistrictCAPE LOOKOUT ROAD #2
18 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROCKPIT FIRE
18 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresTillamook DistrictSAND LAKE
15 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestSLRA DUMP SITE
1 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestELK HOOF
1 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTillamook DistrictSANDLAKE DUFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Tierra Del Mar: 7 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
HurlimanStonePast Producer
Hurliman PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johnson WirthStonePast Producer
Johnson Wirth PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
KimberStonePast Producer
Kimber PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tillamook 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
Woods2.7 miles16
Pacific City3.4 miles16
Sandlake4.1 miles17
Cloverdale5.0 miles16
Hebo5.6 miles16
Oretown6.8 miles16
Beaver7.5 miles16
Meda7.7 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 Tierra Del MarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7801109The 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 1639337. 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.