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Buck Fork, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Myrtle Creek-Riddle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97457. It lies near Stewart Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Dodson Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Buck Fork within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Buck Fork (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 4 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
Natural22
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRoseburg DistrictLOUIS CR 2
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSLIDE CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH DEER CR.
4 September 2005Other causesunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationNORTH MYRTLE # 1
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictWEAVER CR.
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictRISERBUTTE
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationRISER BUTTE #2
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationNORTH MYRTLE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Buck Fork (historical): 14 past producers, 8 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Chromium, 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
Dodson Butte ProspectsCopper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Dodson Butte ProspectsCopper, SilverProspect
Sulfieds MineSulfidesPast Producer
Fort KnoxCopperOccurrence
Frozen Creek MineChromiumProducerChromite
Frozen Creek MineChromiumPast Producer
Brushy ButteMercuryOccurrence
Brushy ButteMercuryProspect
ChaneyMercuryOccurrence
ChaneyMercuryUnknown

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Nugget (historical)6.2 miles16
Dixonville8.3 miles15
Days Creek9.8 miles16
Myrtle Creek10.0 miles17
Oak Creek (historical)11.1 miles16
Weaver11.3 miles17
Rockland (historical)11.5 miles17
Peel11.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132887. 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.