Tongue Point Village, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Astoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97103. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Astoria quadrangle.
On record in Tongue Point Village
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Union Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company Alderbrook Stationlisted 1991 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1919 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Tongue Point Village between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 4 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 ceremony | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | JACK CREEK |
| 6 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MITSCHER RD. |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CUTTER |
| 30 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Astoria District | FLORENCE #033 |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | KLASKANIE TRAIL |
| 24 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Astoria District | FLORENCE ST. |
| 22 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Astoria District | WILLIAMSPORT 2 |
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Astoria District | 39TH AND IRVING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Tongue Point Village: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Dimension, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Quarry & Mill | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Astoria Landfill | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Astor House, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Astor House,Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Astoria Landfille | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barbey Packing Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Heights | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fern Hill | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Astoria | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Uniontown | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Miles Crossing | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Burnside (historical) | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Jeffers Garden | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Svensen | 6.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136836. 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.







