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Timber Grove, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Colton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97004. It stands on Randall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colton quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.

Timber Grove within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Timber Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1

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 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitS. OSWALT
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBEAVERCREEK BURN
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution497 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictUNGER RD FIRE
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBAURER ROAD
4 September 2011Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitHULT
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District3 B
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLARKIN
27 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitUNGER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Timber Grove: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceUnknown
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Publishers Paper 5Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
W Deardorf 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dale Collins PitStonePast Producer
Dale Collins PitStoneProducer
Dorshir PitStonePast Producer
Dorshir PitStoneProducer
Fernwood QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fernwood QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Clarkes1.7 miles19
Colton2.0 miles19
Upper Highland2.6 miles19
Old Colton2.6 miles19
Highland3.8 miles19
Cedardale3.9 miles19
Elwood4.1 miles18
North Highland4.2 miles25

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 Q130683660The 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 1128104. 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.