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Azalea, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the South Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97410. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quines Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,657 feet above sea level.

Azalea within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Azalea between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 6 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
Natural36
Equipment and vehicle use32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictI 5 MP 86
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationQUARTS MILL PEAK
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationMP 90
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersQUINES CR. RD.
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationUPPER COW CREEK # 2
24 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMP 88
23 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford DistrictMP 89 SOUTH
23 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford District89 NORTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Azalea: 16 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Stone, 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
IndianaGold, SilverOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barton Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bull RunManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite
Bull Run ProspectManganeseProspect
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Bull Run PlacersGold, SilverPast Producer
Red Apple PitStonePast Producer
Red Apple PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Quines Creek1.3 miles15
Booth (historical)1.7 miles16
Galesville2.2 miles15
Fortune Branch3.3 miles15
Fernvale6.0 miles15
Anchor (historical)6.2 miles16
Canyonville9.2 miles15
Glendale9.6 miles17

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 AzaleaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478006The 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 1117114. 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.