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Brownsboro, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Butte Falls-Prospect census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97524. It stands on Schoolhouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brownsboro quadrangle. It stands 1,437 feet above sea level.

Brownsboro within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Brownsboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,056 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 10 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 use43
Natural40
Debris and open burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking6
Other causes4
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use2

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 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAST ANTELOPE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14,787 acresMedford UnitS. OBENCHAIN
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitANTELOPE/140
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitRILEY ROAD
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitMERIDIAN RD.
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLITTLE ROUND TOP
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersEAST ANTELOPE
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLICK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Brownsboro: 20 past producers, 15 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Homestake ClaimManganeseOccurrence
Homestake ClaimManganeseProspect
Lick Creek CopperCopperOccurrence
Lick Creek CopperCopperUnknown
Antelope Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Antelope Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brownsboro ClayMercury, ClayPast Producer
Brownsboro Rock PitClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stanley and Brown ProspectMercury, ClayPast Producer1902

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
Wellen (historical)4.2 miles24
Mountain View (historical)4.8 miles24
Eagle Point4.9 miles24
Lake Creek5.7 miles22
Edsalla (historical)6.6 miles18
Derby (historical)7.7 miles18
White City8.2 miles24
Butte Falls9.2 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 BrownsboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4976699The 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 1118139. 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.