Walden, 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 Carolina Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove quadrangle.
On record in Walden
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 1 record
Stewart Bridgelisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1921 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Walden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northwest Oregon District | RRT |
| 7 September 1998 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | HOOTEN |
| 6 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ELM STREET |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FIR GROVE DUSTY GRAVE |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | BLUE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL |
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | BRYSON SEARS |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | RAT FIRE |
| 3 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | DOWENS ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Walden: 18 past producers, 13 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 13 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam Deposit | Aluminum, Clay | Prospect | ||
| Cottage Grove Native Copper | Copper | Occurrence | Copper, Malachite | |
| Cottage Grove Native Copper | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Putnam | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trask Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trask Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walden in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Debris Flow | Walden | $2,000 | Lane County posted on social media a video of Landslide clean up on Shoreview Drive east of Cottage Grove which had closed it overnight from March 16 to March 17. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Walden | - | A level 3 evacuation was ordered for the 100-year flood plain along the Row River near Cottage Grove. The release of water from the Dorena Reservoir was higher than recorded in the 1996 flood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latham | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cottage Grove | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gap | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dorena (historical) | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Saginaw | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Veatch | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Walker | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Royal | 7.5 miles | 13 |
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 Walden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7961458 | 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 1153709. 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.





