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Upper Highland, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Estacada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97004. It lies near Highland Butte. The Survey maps it on the Colton quadrangle. It stands 1,319 feet above sea level.

Upper Highland within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Upper Highland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 577 acres in total. 8 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
Debris and open burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1

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 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitRIDGE
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBEAVERCREEK BURN
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution497 acresNorthwest Oregon DistrictUNGER RD FIRE
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitCARUS
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBAURER ROAD
4 September 2011Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitHULT
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon District3 B
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictLARKIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Upper Highland: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceUnknown
Kroaker ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Dale Collins PitStonePast Producer
Dale Collins PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Highland1.4 miles19
North Highland1.7 miles25
Timber Grove2.6 miles19
Clarkes2.6 miles19
Elwood3.7 miles18
Colton4.4 miles19
Viola4.4 miles25
Old Colton4.5 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122595623The 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 1136859. 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.