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Wauna, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Knappa-Brownsmead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It lies near Coffee Pot Island. The Survey maps it on the Cathlamet quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Wauna within Clatsop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Wauna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning13
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAstoria DistrictSAND PIT
24 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictDELIVERANCE
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersUPPER ROCK PIT FIRE
20 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAstoria DistrictHUNGRY HOLLOW
17 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAstoria DistrictWESTPORT
14 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLIFTON CORNER FIRE
8 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAstoria DistrictNEEDLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Wauna: 12 past producers, 10 producers. 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
Gant Creek QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Wauna Mill PitClayPast Producer
Wauna Shingle Mill PitClayProducer
Wauna Will PitClayProducer
Callahan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cathlamet PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clifton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crown Zellerbach 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crown Zellerbach 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gant Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Oklahoma Hill1.0 miles15
Taylorville1.2 miles15
Westport2.4 miles15
Bradwood (historical)3.2 miles15
Clifton4.8 miles15
Brownsmead8.3 miles15
Blind Slough (historical)8.8 miles15
Knappa9.7 miles15

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 WaunaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475978The 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 1128740. 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.