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Buckhorn Springs, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Southeast Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97520. It stands on Baldy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Siskiyou Pass quadrangle. It stands 2,661 feet above sea level.

Buckhorn Springs within Jackson County

On record in Buckhorn Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural41
Equipment and vehicle use32
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitI5 MM 3
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitI-5 MM 7.5
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictHWY 66
28 September 2005Debris and open burning13 acresMedford UnitSTEINMAN
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford Unit12267 HWY 66
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitEMIGRANT CRK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitBUCKHORN SPRINGS
24 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitTRESTLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Buckhorn Springs: 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten. 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
Barron MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, ZincPast Producer1883
Barron MineGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic, CopperPast Producer
Buck PointGold, Copper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Buck PointGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Freeway ScheeliteTungstenProspect
Freeway TungstenTungstenOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Hyatt Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pilot Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Russell #2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Barron (historical)4.5 miles22
Lincoln6.8 miles19
Colestin7.3 miles23
Mountain View7.8 miles19
Pinehurst8.8 miles18
Ashland11.3 miles22
Climax13.9 miles21
Talent16.7 miles22

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 Buckhorn SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368426The 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 1637989. 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.