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Wheatland, Oregon

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Dayton-Amity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97304. The Survey maps it on the Mission Bottom quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.

Wheatland within Yamhill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wheatland in 2013, burning under an acre in total. 1 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
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
18 August 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 30 MP58#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yamhill County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Wheatland: 18 past producers, 14 producers. 14 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
A. Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Finley PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lake Marcyl PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
A AndersonStonePast Producer
Finley PitStonePast Producer
Lake MarcylStonePast Producer
Noble Mountain Tree Farm QuarryStonePast Producer
Noble Mountain Tree Farm QuarryStoneProducer
Stephens QuarryStonePast Producer
Stephens QuarryStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Yamhill 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
Hopewell2.2 miles22
Unionvale3.5 miles22
Eola Crest4.8 miles21
Eola Village7.0 miles21
Amity8.5 miles21
Whiteson8.8 miles21
Dayton8.9 miles22
Lafayette11.0 miles22

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 WheatlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7991877The 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 1136896. 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.