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Applegate, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Southwest Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97527. It stands on Thompson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Applegate quadrangle. It stands 1,276 feet above sea level.

Applegate within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Applegate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 764 acres in total. 47 started naturally. None 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
Natural47
Equipment and vehicle use39
Debris and open burning28
Power generation/transmission/distribution25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Other causes11
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking9
Fireworks9
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 1997Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrants Pass UnitP.P. F816
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHWY 238 MP 19.4
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHUMBUG CREEK
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictTHOMPSONCK
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictCHAPMANCR
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictWELLINGTON
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitTHOMPSON CREEK #2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictFERRIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Applegate: 50 past producers, 14 occurrences, 14 prospects, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Blue Jay AntimonyAntimonyPast Producer
Chrome ProspectGold, ChromiumPast Producer
Name UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed ProspectChromiumProspect
Wright MineGold, Silver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Wright MineGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadProspect
Applegate River GroupLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Applegate River GroupLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Great I AmGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Applegate in 2 storm reports in 2009: 2 hail. 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
August 2009HailApplegate-The Ruch Country Store and Magnolia Grill both reported quarter size hail, strong winds, and heavy rain at 2030 PDT. The cooperative observer 4SSE Applegate reported 1.5 inch hail with 50-60 mph winds at 2034 PDT. There was also 0.8 inches of rain along with crop and tree damage.
June 2009HailApplegate-One inch hail and five inches of rain in two hours was reported by a farmer on Thompson Creek road in Applegate between 1500 and 1600 PDT. 40% of her seed crop was damaged. Large trees were reported uprooted.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Williams Creek (historical)2.6 miles16
Provolt3.9 miles16
Ruch6.8 miles16
Draper (historical)7.2 miles16
Cameron (historical)7.7 miles16
McKee Bridge10.2 miles16
Foots Creek10.3 miles16
Buncom10.7 miles22

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 ApplegateAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474152The 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 1117019. 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.