Oregon City, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Oroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95965. It lies near Dixon Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Oroville quadrangle. It stands 1,184 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1912 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
413 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of Oregon City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37,340 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 78 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 142 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | TRUCK |
| 8 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Butte Unit | UNION |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | CHEROKEE |
| 7 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | CHEROKEE |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Butte Unit | CHEROKEE |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | CHEROKEE |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.8 acres | Butte Unit | MEADOW |
| 6 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 76 acres | Northern California District | CHEROKEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 84 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Oregon City: 31 past producers, 25 unknowns, 18 occurrences, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomer Hill | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Cherokee Mine | Gold, Platinum, Diamond | Past Producer | 1854 | |
| Cherokee and Morris Ravine Placer Mines | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Cherokee and Morris Ravine Plcr Mns | Abrasive | Unknown | ||
| St Clair Mine | Gold, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Table Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock River Property | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Rock River Property | Gold, Arsenic | Unknown | ||
| Amo | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Donnie Lee | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomer (historical) | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Big Ripples (historical) | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Elsey | 3.6 miles | 29 | |
| Cherokee | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Kramm | 4.1 miles | 29 | |
| Bidwell (historical) | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| James | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| Land (historical) | 4.3 miles | 29 |
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 Oregon City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7101121 | The 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 1659311. 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.











