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Upper Soda, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Linn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97329. It stands on Soda Fork. The Survey maps it on the Upper Soda quadrangle.

Upper Soda within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Upper Soda between 1994 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestSRZ INC. 294
26 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestROOSTER
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWillamette National ForestSEVENMILE
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWillamette National ForestSHEEP CREEK
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestSOAPY
15 September 2001Natural6.2 acresWillamette National ForestTHREE
13 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestGORDON LAKES
8 August 2006Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestINC 181

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upper Soda in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Thunderstorm WindUpper Soda$1,000Strong wind gusts blew several shingles off of a roof near Marion Bridge.
April 2023Debris FlowUpper Soda-A warm front brought 1 to 2 inches of rainfall over a 48 hour period over the Cascades in Linn County. A landslide 1 miles west of Santiam Pass was reported to close US20 for a brief period.
December 2007Heavy RainUpper Soda-Storm total precipitation was 3.73 inches.

Every storm 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
Cascadia10.6 miles16
Bryant City (historical)13.8 miles17
Anidem (historical)14.9 miles16
Foster20.6 miles12
Marion Forks22.9 miles17
New Idanha23.0 miles16
Sweet Home24.0 miles12
Calapooia24.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1151705. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.