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Bullards, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coquille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97411. It lies near McKee Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bullards quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Bullards within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Bullards between 1992 and 2020, burning about 958 acres in total. 9 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
Debris and open burning49
Recreation and ceremony22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural9
Smoking9
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism4
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
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationWHISKEY RUN
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use347 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH BANK LANE MM8
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationSEVENMILE CREEK
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBILL CREEK
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use57 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWHISKEY RUN
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCoos Forest Protective AssociationWHISKEY RUN
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitWINDHURST ROAD
3 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGold Beach UnitPROSPER JUNCTION ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Bullards: 34 past producers, 21 occurrences, 7 producers, 3 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Gold, Stone. 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
Bandon PlacerTitanium, MetalProducerChromite, Ilmenite, Zircon
Eagle MineGold, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum, ChromiumProducer1865
Eagle MineGold, Osmium, Platinum, Zirconium, IridiumPast Producer
Iowa MineGold, Platinum, ChromiumPast Producer1934
Iowa MineGold, Chromium, PlatinumPast Producer
Lane Extension MineGold, PGEOccurrence
Pioneer MineGold, Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, ChromiumPast Producer1866
Pioneer MineGold, PGE, IronPast Producer
The LagoonsChromium, Platinum, GoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
AllenManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coos County

Storms near this place

7 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bullards in 7 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 7 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025FloodBullards-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above minor flood stage of 21.0 ft. at 16/1038 PST, peaked in moderate flood stage at 17/700 PST at 24.84 ft. It then fell below flood stage at 20/120 PST. At moderate flood stage, Some farm buildings may be threatened and roads covered in low areas by rising water. Expect widespread flooding throughout the Coquille River floodplain.
January 2023FloodBullards-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above minor flood stage of 21.0 ft at 15/1745 PST, and crested just above moderate flood stage of 23.0 ft at 23.09 ft at 16/1645 PST. The river dropped below minor flood stage at 17/2200 PST.
January 2022FloodBullards-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above minor flood stage (21.0 feet) at 04/1215 PST. The river crested just above moderate flood stage (23.0 feet) at 23.01 feet at 05/2245 PST. This one reading was the only one that exceeded moderate flood stage. The river dropped below minor flood stage at 07/2230 PST.
February 2021FloodBullards-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above minor flood stage (21.0 feet) at 04/0430 PST. It oscillated above and below flood stage for a short time at the beginning and ending of the flood. The river crested at 21.19 feet at 04/0900 PST, and dropped below flood stage for the last time at 04/1330 PST.
January 2019FloodBullards-The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded minor flood stage (21.0 feet) at 20/1200 PST. It exceeded moderate flood stage (23.0) feet at 21/1300 PST and dropped below moderate flood stage at 21/1430 PST. The river dropped below minor flood stagat at 22/1515 PST.
February 2019FloodBullards-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above flood stage (21.0 feet) at 25/0430 PST, exceeded moderate flood stage (23.0 feet) at 25/1045 PST, then crested at 24.38 feet at 26/0230 PST. The river fell below moderate flood stage at 27/1500 PST, then fell below flood stage at 28/1745 PST.
April 2019FloodBullards-The river rose above minor flood stage (21.0 feet) at 08/0530 PST and moderate flood stage (23.0 feet) at 08/2130 PST. The river crested at 23.84 feet at 09/0600 PST and at 09/1830 PST. The river fell below moderate flood stage at 10/2200 PST and below minor flood stage at 11/2215 PST.

Every storm recorded in Coos 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
Prosper1.2 miles21
Cranberry Corners1.7 miles20
Bandon2.2 miles21
Winterville2.3 miles21
Randolph2.4 miles21
Parkersburg2.9 miles21
Lampa (historical)6.2 miles21
Riverton6.4 miles21

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 Q115119764The 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 1136103. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.