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Westwood Village, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Waldport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97390. It stands on Canal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tidewater quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Westwood Village within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Westwood Village between 1992 and 2016, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2003Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitDARKEY CREEK
16 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitCROTCHLINE SADDLE
1 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestDRIFT BOAT FIRE
6 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSiuslaw National ForestCANAL CREEK 073
4 July 2006Fireworksunder an acreToledo UnitLITTLE SWITZERLAND
4 July 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitTIDEWATER
28 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestBAYVIEW
20 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestDRIFT CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Westwood Village: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Pankey QuarryStonePast Producer
Pankey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Little Albany1.1 miles13
Little Switzerland1.7 miles13
Alsea Rivera2.0 miles13
Tidewater2.1 miles13
Drift Creek3.5 miles13
Linville (historical)3.8 miles13
Bayview6.2 miles16
Denzer (historical)6.9 miles13

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 Q113645598The 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 1135101. 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.