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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1942 USGS Tidewater quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tidewater quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Tidewater quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DARKEY CREEK |
| 16 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | CROTCHLINE SADDLE |
| 1 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | DRIFT BOAT FIRE |
| 6 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Siuslaw National Forest | CANAL CREEK 073 |
| 4 July 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | Toledo Unit | LITTLE SWITZERLAND |
| 4 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | TIDEWATER |
| 28 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | BAYVIEW |
| 20 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | DRIFT CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pankey Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pankey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Albany | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Little Switzerland | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Alsea Rivera | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tidewater | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Drift Creek | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Linville (historical) | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bayview | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Denzer (historical) | 6.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q113645598 | 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 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.









