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Wilkesboro, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Forest Grove-Cornelius census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97106. The Survey maps it on the Forest Grove quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

Wilkesboro within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Wilkesboro between 1992 and 2017, burning about 72 acres in total. 2 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 burning25
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDAVIDSON ROAD FIRE
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDAIRY CREEK BURN
27 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDC GRASS BURN FIRE
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMURPHY ROAD
26 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDAIRY CREEK POND FIRE
21 September 2016Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMALLER RD FIRE
21 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMURPHY ROAD
19 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictKILLIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wilkesboro: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Banks Rock Products QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Banks Rock Products.StonePast Producer
SchmidtClayPast Producer
SchmidtClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Banks1.2 miles18
Kansas City2.8 miles17
Mountaindale3.2 miles18
Davies Junction3.2 miles16
Verboort4.1 miles18
Centerville (historical)4.3 miles18
Hillside5.3 miles17
Manning5.3 miles16

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 WilkesboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8002478The 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 1637939. 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.