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Willamette City, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Oakridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97463. It stands on Shortridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakridge quadrangle.

Willamette City within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Willamette City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,742 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 10 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
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
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
9 September 2017Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestLARSON
9 September 2000Other causesunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFSOUTH HIGH PRAIRIE
8 September 2011Natural1.0 acresWillamette National ForestDECEPTION 1
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestDECEPTION 2
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWillamette National ForestBALD BUTTE
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresWillamette National ForestLA DUKE
3 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWillamette National ForestBUCKHEAD R-R
3 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution2.7 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFBAR-B-L

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Willamette City: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dunning RoadStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Dunning Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oakridge Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oakridge Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Salmon CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Salmon Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Westfir1.0 miles14
Oakridge1.2 miles15
Armet (historical)9.0 miles15
McCredie Springs10.7 miles15
Bohemia (historical)14.3 miles15
Glenwood (historical)14.8 miles15
Disston15.5 miles14
Wildwood18.2 miles14

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 Q122590011The 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 1152379. 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.