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Walterville, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the McKenzie River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97478. It stands on Jameson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walterville quadrangle. It stands 604 feet above sea level.

Walterville within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Walterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 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
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFTAYLOR 2
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOLDEN CREEK FIRE
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFLITTLE DEERHORN
4 September 2002Smoking15 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFCAMP CREEK
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFTAYLOR CREEK
29 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersUPPER CAMP CRK PILE BURN
23 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFCOLLINS
22 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFTAMORA LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Walterville: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Green PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Green PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thurston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thurston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Cedar Flat2.3 miles13
Deerhorn3.1 miles12
Thurston6.1 miles16
Leaburg7.2 miles12
Jasper7.4 miles14
Fall Creek7.6 miles14
Marcola7.8 miles11
Mohawk7.8 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.

Wikipedia article on WaltervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7966584The 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 1128620. 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.