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Agness, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Agness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97406. It stands on Rilea Creek. The Survey maps it on the Agness quadrangle. It stands 207 feet above sea level.

Agness within Curry County

On record in Agness

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Agness between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National Forestnot named
2 September 1992Natural2.0 acresRogue River-Siskiyou National Forestnot named
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestPOTATO
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestSHASTA COSTA
6 August 2015Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestKEG
6 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitSHASTA-COSTA CREEK
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestAGNESS
28 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestGUARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Agness: 13 occurrences, 11 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Agnes Pass PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Agness Pass PitStonePast Producer
Nighthawk ProspectGold, CopperOccurrencePyrite
Red CubCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverOccurrence1906
Red CubZinc, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect1930
Shasta Costa CopperCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Stephens and Stear PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Gold BarGold, PlatinumPast Producer
Gold Bar MineGold, PlatinumPast Producer
Pine FlatCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerMalachite

Every working recorded in Curry County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agness in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 4 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2024FloodAgness-The Rogue River Near Agness rose above minor flood stage of 17.0 ft. at 29/800 PST, peaked in minor flood stage at 29/2245 PST at 21.87 ft. At this level, the main impacts are to campgrounds and recreation areas. The river then fell below flood stage at 30/1130 PST.
December 2012FloodAgness-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded flood stage during this interval. It crested at 19.10 feet at 03/0000 PST.
December 2012FloodAgness-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded flood stage during this interval. It crested at 17.52 feet at 05/1700 PST.
December 2006FloodAgness-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded its flood stage of 17.0 feet during this interval. The river crested at 20.82 feet at 26/1530 PST.

Every storm recorded in Curry 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
Illahe5.0 miles18
Marial14.4 miles13
Ophir16.6 miles17
Bagnell Ferry17.0 miles11
Jerrys Flat (historical)17.4 miles11
Nesika Beach18.6 miles17
Wedderburn20.3 miles11
Eckley (historical)20.4 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.

Wikipedia article on AgnessAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478060The 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 1137035. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.