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Union Gap, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sutherlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97462. It stands on Molinari Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sutherlin quadrangle. It stands 200 feet above sea level.

Union Gap within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Union Gap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use43
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes6
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationHOG CREEK
9 September 1998Debris and open burning40 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationNORTH OLD TOWN RD.
9 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution81 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationGOODRICH HIGHWAY
8 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPLAT B
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFRASER CANYON
7 September 1992Other causesunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationSPARKS ROAD
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOMSTOCK ROAD
6 September 2008Other causesunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationI-5 MP 142 #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Union Gap: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
AbeeneMercuryOccurrence
AbeeneMercuryUnknown
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Ralf N HakansonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ralf N. HakansonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Sutherlin1.1 miles16
Oakland1.4 miles16
Old Town2.1 miles16
Stephens4.4 miles16
Fair Oaks5.4 miles16
Wilbur6.1 miles16
Umpqua8.7 miles16
Winchester9.0 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 Union GapAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24895711The 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 1128414. 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.