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Beagle, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Sams Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97503. The Survey maps it on the Boswell Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,404 feet above sea level.

Beagle within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

245 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Beagle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,981 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 16 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
Equipment and vehicle use66
Debris and open burning43
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Arson/incendiarism16
Other causes16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3

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
9 September 2000Smokingunder an acreMedford DistrictANTIOCH 2
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictCHATEAU DR
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPP B19258
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresMedford UnitSHILOH
6 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMedford UnitMODOC ROAD
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMEADOWS PP#041500
28 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresMedford UnitPP# B11954
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford Unit9420 HWY 234

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Beagle: 18 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 6 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone. 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
Ramsey LakeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceUnknown
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
ReedGold, SilverProducerGold
Reed MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Ramsey Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Toprock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed DepositStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Modoc RockStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working 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
Sams Valley4.0 miles23
Spikenard (historical)5.4 miles19
Table Rock5.8 miles23
Etna (historical)7.1 miles19
Mountain View (historical)7.5 miles24
White City7.6 miles24
Eagle Point7.8 miles24
Shady Cove8.0 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.

Wikipedia article on BeagleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28153576The 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 1159293. 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.