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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.

Bancroft within Coos County

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

21 since 1993

Regional 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
29 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitYELLOW CREEK
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictSLIDE CK
13 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreBridge UnitWOODWARD CREEK
28 July 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreBridge UnitMYRTLE CREEK
27 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILL CREEK
24 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreBridge UnitJENKINS PRAIRIE
20 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOLE CREEK
2 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictRASSLER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Reed Bar Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reed Bar Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old Diamond PitStonePast Producer
Old Diamond PitStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Powers5.2 miles18
Gaylord5.4 miles18
Etelka (historical)5.7 miles18
Bridge5.8 miles19
Remote7.6 miles11
Broadbent8.8 miles19
Estabrook9.9 miles19
Myrtle Point11.1 miles19

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 Q114871775The 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.