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Veatch, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cottage Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97424. It stands on Boren Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove quadrangle.

Veatch within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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 Veatch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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 use25
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural8
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFDIVIDE
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictBENNETT CK BEE FARM FIRE
7 September 1998Other causes1.0 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFHOOTEN
6 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersELM STREET
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFIR GROVE DUSTY GRAVE
5 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictGOWDYVILL2
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictVEATCH ROAD
27 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFPLEASANT VIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Veatch: 16 past producers, 10 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Putnam DepositAluminum, ClayProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PutnamClayOccurrence
East PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fawn Peak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Horn & Wright PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Martin Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rattlesnake QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed 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
Latham2.5 miles13
Gap2.9 miles11
Cottage Grove3.7 miles13
Royal5.0 miles13
Walden5.4 miles13
Saginaw6.1 miles13
Mill Camp7.1 miles13
Wallace (historical)7.2 miles11

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 Q122556560The 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 1136865. 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.