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Unity, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lowell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97452. It lies near Butte Disappointment. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle. It stands 768 feet above sea level.

Unity within Lane County

On record in Unity

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Unity between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 were 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 burning36
Equipment and vehicle use31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLITTLE FALL CREEK STAT
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFWINDFALL FIRE
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFEAGLES ROCK
5 September 1992Other causesunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFJACOBY MOUNTAIN
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFALL CREEK DAM
4 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution2.4 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFHAROLDS
4 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFWEIGH STATION
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBOULDER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Unity: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Arsenic. 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
Gold MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Fall Creek RanchClayOccurrenceKaolinite
Fall Creek RanchClayPast Producer
Snyder Ranch ArsenicArsenicOccurrenceRealgar
Snyder Ranch ArsenicArsenicOccurrence
Fall Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Fall Creek QurryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Fall CreekStonePast Producer
Little Fall Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Lowell2.1 miles14
Fall Creek2.9 miles14
Winberry3.0 miles15
Dexter3.6 miles14
Trent4.9 miles14
Jasper8.1 miles14
Cedar Flat8.3 miles13
Walterville8.6 miles13

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 UnityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709771The 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 1130617. 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.