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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.

Union Point within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

22 since 1992

Regional 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 burning9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFGAP ROAD # 2
14 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFUNION POINT # 2
12 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFTIMBER RD #2
11 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSweet Home Unit - ODFSUNSET LANE
6 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFHWY 228 # 5
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBICKMORE
4 August 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFUNION POINT
15 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOURTNEY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bond ButteStonePast Producer
Bond ButteStonePast Producer
Bond Butte PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bond Butte PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
EllefsonStonePast Producer
Ellefson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
LeblancStonePast Producer
Leblanc PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Manning SiteStonePast Producer
Manning SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Linn 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
Brownsville3.1 miles17
Crawfordsville6.8 miles16
Halsey7.0 miles16
Shedd10.2 miles16
Holley10.7 miles16
Harrisburg11.1 miles16
Sodaville11.2 miles16
Greenville11.2 miles16

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.