Oregon, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elixir Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. The Survey maps it on the Bergman quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oregon within Boone County

On record in Oregon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Bergman High Schoollisted 1992 · 0.8 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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.

1904 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000
1905 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Bergman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

60 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Oregon (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 637 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Arson/incendiarism	10
Smoking	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
7 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 1997	Natural	16 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2012	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 July 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 June 2012	Smoking	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 May 2016	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Oregon (historical): 14 past producers, 9 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alfred E. Granger Property	Manganese	Occurrence
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Bailey Outcrops	Zinc	Occurrence	Smithsonite
Bessie	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1900
Bonanza Mine	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Briscoe Prospect	Zinc	Occurrence
Cave Mine	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Combination Lode	Zinc	Past Producer	Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Empire Lode	Zinc	Occurrence	Surface

Every working recorded in Boone 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bergman	1.2 miles	13
Keener	1.9 miles	15
Wooden Hills	3.2 miles	13
Hopewell	4.4 miles	13
Myrtle	5.3 miles	13
Willis	5.6 miles	15
Zinc	5.8 miles	15
Chapman	6.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69317. 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.