Bancroft, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Powers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Hooker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Powers quadrangle. It stands 384 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Powers quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Powers quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Powers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Bancroft between 1993 and 2019, burning about 44 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bridge Unit | YELLOW CREEK |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | SLIDE CK |
| 13 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bridge Unit | WOODWARD CREEK |
| 28 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bridge Unit | MYRTLE CREEK |
| 27 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MILL CREEK |
| 24 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bridge Unit | JENKINS PRAIRIE |
| 20 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COLE CREEK |
| 2 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coos Bay District | RASSLER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bancroft: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Bar Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Reed Bar Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Old Diamond Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Old Diamond Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powers | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gaylord | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Etelka (historical) | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bridge | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Remote | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Broadbent | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Estabrook | 9.9 miles | 19 | |
| Myrtle Point | 11.1 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q114871775 | 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 1137495. 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.








