Vaughn, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Badger Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97487. It stands on Cram Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noti quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1909 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Noti quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Vaughn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Western Lane District | BADGER MTN FIRE |
| 9 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Western Lane District | PALL MALL RIDGE |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | FALCON ROAD FIRE |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | UPPER SWAMP |
| 26 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | SUTTLE ROAD |
| 25 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Western Lane District | WARTHEN ROAD |
| 24 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Western Lane District | PUSH OVER FIRE |
| 22 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | PERKINS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Vaughn: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmira Clay | Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Parker | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Parker Ranch | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vaughn in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Vaughn | - | Storm total precipitation was 4.91 inches at High Point RAWS. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noti | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Veneta | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Elmira | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Crow | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wolf Creek | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hadleyville | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Walton | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fern Ridge Shores | 7.9 miles | 18 |
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 Vaughn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7917336 | The 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 1136864. 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.
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.











