Booth, Oregon

16 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 Starvout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Starvout Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Booth within Douglas 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.

1904 USGS Riddle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Days Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Starvout Creek quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Canyonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Booth (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 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
Natural	36
Equipment and vehicle use	29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Debris and open burning	10
Recreation and ceremony	6
Arson/incendiarism	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	3
Fireworks	2

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
5 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	GREEN MOUNTAIN
4 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Roseburg District	I 5 MP 86
3 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	QUARTS MILL PEAK
29 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	MP 90
28 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	QUINES CR. RD.
25 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	UPPER COW CREEK # 2
24 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	MP 88
23 September 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Medford District	MP 89 SOUTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Booth (historical): 20 past producers, 7 occurrences, 7 producers, 6 prospects. 7 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cloudy Day	Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Gold
Cloudy Day	Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Gale Creek Dam	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Green Mountain Prospect	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Green Mountain Prospect	Gold, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Bull Run	Manganese	Occurrence	Rhodonite
Bull Run Prospect	Manganese	Prospect
Indiana	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Gale Creek Dam	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Galesville Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Azalea	1.7 miles	15
Quines Creek	2.8 miles	15
Galesville	3.9 miles	15
Anchor (historical)	4.6 miles	16
Fortune Branch	5.1 miles	15
Fernvale	7.7 miles	15
Canyonville	9.0 miles	15
Gazley	10.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132223. 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.