Union Point, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97327. It lies near Dinwiddie Valley. The Survey maps it on the Union Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mc Kenzie River quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Union Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Union Point (historical) between 1992 and 2015, burning about 48 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | GAP ROAD # 2 |
| 14 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | UNION POINT # 2 |
| 12 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | TIMBER RD #2 |
| 11 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | SUNSET LANE |
| 6 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | HWY 228 # 5 |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | BICKMORE |
| 4 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | UNION POINT |
| 15 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COURTNEY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Union Point (historical): 17 past producers, 15 producers. 15 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond Butte | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bond Butte | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bond Butte Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bond Butte Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ellefson | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Ellefson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Leblanc | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Leblanc Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Manning Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Manning Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsville | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Crawfordsville | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Halsey | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Shedd | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Holley | 10.7 miles | 16 | |
| Harrisburg | 11.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sodaville | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Greenville | 11.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136857. 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.









