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Twin Rocks, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bay City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97136. It stands on Heitmiller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garibaldi quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Twin Rocks within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Twin Rocks between 1992 and 2018, burning about 42 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
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2006Smokingunder an acreTillamook DistrictJETTY CREEK
5 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictMINNEHAHA
4 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictELECTRIC CR
3 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictELECTRIC CREEK
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOBSONVILLE POINT #2
2 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNEDONNA BEACH COMPLEX
17 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictNEADONNA II
13 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTillamook DistrictNEDONNA BEACH 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Twin Rocks: 13 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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
NetartsIron, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, ChromiumOccurrence
Netarts BayTitanium, Zirconium, Iron, ChromiumOccurrence
WatrousMercuryOccurrence
Watrous ProspectMercuryProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
KeeslingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kessling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
4-M Wood ProductsStonePast Producer
4-M Wood Products PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Saltair (historical)0.5 miles17
Rockaway Beach1.1 miles17
Barview1.9 miles17
Manhattan Beach2.3 miles17
Garibaldi3.2 miles17
Nedonna Beach3.2 miles17
Hobsonville4.1 miles17
Bayocean (historical)4.8 miles17

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 Twin RocksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473294The 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 1136853. 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.