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Woods, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Beaver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97112. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nestucca Bay quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Woods within Tillamook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Woods between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony21
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestSLRA #18
28 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictCONDOR RD
21 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestROCK PIT 112
21 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreTillamook DistrictRED BARN
18 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROCKPIT FIRE
15 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestSLRA DUMP SITE
13 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersJENCK ROAD
1 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestELK HOOF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tillamook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Woods: 13 past producers, 9 producers. 9 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Clear Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Clear Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clear Creek Quarry 41034StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Tillamook 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
Pacific City0.9 miles16
Tierra Del Mar2.7 miles17
Cloverdale3.4 miles16
Oretown4.2 miles16
Hebo5.0 miles16
Meda5.1 miles16
Sandlake6.4 miles17
Neskowin7.6 miles17

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 WoodsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8033249The 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 1152639. 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.