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Bridgeview, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Cave Junction census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97523. It stands on Althouse Slough. The Survey maps it on the Holland quadrangle. It stands 1,368 feet above sea level.

Bridgeview within Josephine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

419 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 419 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 604 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 44 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 use85
Smoking58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Natural47
Arson/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning35
Power generation/transmission/distribution28
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Other causes20
Recreation and ceremony19
Fireworks9
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitCASCADE DR
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrants Pass UnitOLD STAGE RD
9 September 2001Smokingunder an acreGrants Pass UnitREDWOOD HWY
9 September 1995Smokingunder an acreGrants Pass UnitFORKS PARK #2
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford DistrictREDWOOD HWY 27752
8 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrants Pass UnitOLD STAGE ROAD
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHAYSTACK
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHOLLAND LOOP ROAD 2612

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeview: 38 past producers, 14 occurrences, 13 producers, 9 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Associated Chromite ClaimBoron-BoratesPast Producer
Atlas Gold DredgingGold, Iridium, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Atlas Gold DredgingGold, PGEPast Producer
Cannon & Connacher ProspectGold, Silver, ManganeseOccurrenceGold, Iron
Deep Gravel MineGold, Iridium, Osmium, PlatinumProducer1874
Deep Gravel MineGold, PlatinumPast Producer
Esterley Chrome MineChromium, Iridium, Palladium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, PlatinumPast ProducerChromite
Esterley Chromite MineChromium, Uranium, PGEPast Producer
Esterley PlacerGold, Silver, Platinum, Chromium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, OsmiumProducerStream Placer
Holton Creek LimestoneLimestone, Ultra Pure, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceMarble

Every working recorded in Josephine 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
Althouse (historical)1.5 miles17
Cave Junction3.4 miles17
Holland3.6 miles17
Takilma5.2 miles17
Kerby5.3 miles17
Browntown5.5 miles17
Allentown (historical)5.7 miles17
O'Brien6.6 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.

Wikidata item Q117741385The 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 1138625. 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.