Whitaker, Oregon
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lebanon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97355. It lies near Golden Valley. The Survey maps it on the Onehorse Slough quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1921 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Onehorse Slough quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Whitaker between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | CASCADE DRIVE # 3 |
| 2 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WATERLOO 371 |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | MIDDLE RIDGE #1 |
| 12 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 20 POWER |
| 31 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | CASCADE DRIVE # 2 |
| 3 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | 665 BELLINGER SCALE FIRE |
| 3 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | 099 |
| 25 August 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SANTIAM HWY 966 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Whitaker: 16 producers, 15 past producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Brothers Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| C & S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C & S Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Crabtree Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crabtree Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lebanon Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lebanon Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitaker in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitaker | $25,000 | An empty tractor trailer was blown over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Evansville (historical) | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Crowfoot | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| South Lebanon | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Sodaville | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Waterloo | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Crabtree | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Fairview | 6.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136900. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













