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Young, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Stayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97325. The Survey maps it on the Stayton quadrangle. It stands 377 feet above sea level.

Young within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Young between 2003 and 2018, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
2 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitTRIUMPH ROAD
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTRIUMPH RD. FIRE
29 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSantiam UnitSPENNER ROAD
27 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFERN RIDGE FIELD
29 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSantiam UnitFERN RIDGE #2
17 July 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSantiam UnitSTAYTON CANAL
16 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSantiam UnitHWY 22 MP 15
16 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSantiam UnitHWY 22 MP 13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Young: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Copper. 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
Copper OccurrenceCopperOccurrence
PetersonClayOccurrence
PetersonClayOccurrence
Sublimity Weathered GravelClayOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Santiam Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Santiam Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sublimity Weathered GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Aumsville1.2 miles16
Ale (historical)2.6 miles16
West Stayton2.6 miles16
Shaw3.4 miles16
Sublimity3.8 miles16
Stayton4.1 miles16
Turner4.8 miles17
Macleay5.9 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.

Wikidata item Q113537193The 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 1136933. 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.