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Uniontown, 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 Youngs River. The Survey maps it on the Astoria quadrangle.

Uniontown within Clatsop County

On record in Uniontown

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 9 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Uniontown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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 ceremony20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks4
Smoking2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictJACK CREEK
6 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMITSCHER RD.
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCUTTER
30 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAstoria DistrictFLORENCE #033
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKLASKANIE TRAIL
24 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAstoria DistrictFLORENCE ST.
22 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAstoria DistrictWILLIAMSPORT 2
22 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictMUDD ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop 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 Uniontown: 16 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Titanium, Zirconium, Iron. 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
Endicott PitClayPast Producer
Sunset Quarry & MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed PitFlagstoneProducer
Hammond Black Sand Locality No. 1Titanium, Zirconium, IronProspect
Hammond Black Sand Locality No. 2Titanium, Zirconium, IronProspect
Columbia River BarTitaniumUnknown
Astoria LandfillStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Astoria1.2 miles15
Miles Crossing2.4 miles15
Jeffers Garden2.5 miles15
Warrenton4.0 miles18
Navy Heights4.0 miles15
Flavel (historical)4.0 miles18
Tongue Point Village4.4 miles15
Hammond5.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1851765. 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.