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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.

Oregon City within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1980

The 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 sheet of Oregon City, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Oregon City, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

413 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined142
Equipment and vehicle use116
Arson/incendiarism78
Debris and open burning29
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitTRUCK
8 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreButte UnitUNION
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitCHEROKEE
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCHEROKEE
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use10 acresButte UnitCHEROKEE
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitCHEROKEE
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.8 acresButte UnitMEADOW
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use76 acresNorthern California DistrictCHEROKEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bloomer HillGold, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Cherokee MineGold, Platinum, DiamondPast Producer1854
Cherokee and Morris Ravine Placer MinesGemstoneOccurrence
Cherokee and Morris Ravine Plcr MnsAbrasiveUnknown
St Clair MineGold, Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Table Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock River PropertyGold, ArsenicPast ProducerGold
Rock River PropertyGold, ArsenicUnknown
AmoGold, SilverPast Producer
Donnie LeeGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Bloomer (historical)2.9 miles29
Big Ripples (historical)3.0 miles28
Elsey3.6 miles29
Cherokee3.7 miles29
Kramm4.1 miles29
Bidwell (historical)4.2 miles29
James4.2 miles29
Land (historical)4.3 miles29

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7101121The 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.