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Yankton, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Helens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97051. It stands on Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chapman quadrangle. It stands 305 feet above sea level.

Yankton within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

106 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Yankton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 burning25
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitSMITH ROAD #1
8 September 1998Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitCATER ROAD #1
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPITTSBURG/GENSMAN ROADS
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBUNKER HILL 1
5 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOWD ROAD #1
3 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresColumbia City UnitPITTSBURG RD.
3 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColumbia City UnitHANKEY ROAD #1
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitTURLEY ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Yankton: 18 past producers, 11 occurrences, 8 producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Bauxite Columbia CountyAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceGibbsite, Limonite
Columbia County BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronOccurrence
Columbia County Bauxite DepositsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProspect1944
Scappoose IronIron, Mineral PigmentsProducerLimonite
Oregon State Highway DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bunker Hill Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Dowd SchoolAluminum, IronOccurrence
Happy HollowAluminum, IronOccurrence
Maple Hill IronIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Bachelor Flat (historical)1.6 miles18
Columbia Heights2.6 miles18
McNulty3.0 miles18
West Saint Helens3.2 miles18
Warren3.9 miles18
Spitzenberg4.2 miles17
Saint Helens4.3 miles18
Columbia City4.5 miles18

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 YanktonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8048826The 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 1129356. 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.