BlockFrom the record
One of 73 National Register listings published here for Linn County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Independence Prairie Ranger Station
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Williamette National Forest, Marion Forks, 97350
- When was it listed? March 1983
- Category. building
- Census division. East Linn
- National Register reference number. 83002161 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Independence Prairie Ranger Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 570 acres in total. 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 53 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | INCIDENT 272 |
| 9 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | PAMELIA CREEK |
| 7 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | 122 |
| 6 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | INC 305 |
| 5 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | INC 302 |
| 5 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | INC 300 |
| 5 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | CREEP |
| 4 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | INC 386 SRZ |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Independence Prairie Ranger Station: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downing Creek Pit and Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Minto Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Minto Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002161 in Record Group 79. |
| Linn County | All 73 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.