Bybee Corner, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Medford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97501. It stands on Daisy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Medford West quadrangle. It stands 1,483 feet above sea level.

Bybee Corner within Jackson County

On record in Bybee Corner

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 4 records

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

Jacksonville Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.8 miles away
Frank E. Bybee Houselisted 1981 · 0.7 miles away
William Bybee Houselisted 1977 · 0.7 miles away
John Orth Houselisted 1972 · 0.9 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1897 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
1938 USGS Medford quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Medford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Medford SW quadrangle1:24000
1974 USGS Medford West quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Medford West quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Bybee Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 21 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 use	35
Natural	35
Debris and open burning	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Arson/incendiarism	21
Smoking	13
Recreation and ceremony	10
Fireworks	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Other causes	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SOUTH STAGE 4760
9 September 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	HWY 238 (3788)
8 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Medford Unit	RESERVOIR PEAK FIRE
6 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	4.5 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	STERLING CREEK PP#172505
6 September 1996	Other causes	under an acre	Medford Unit	LIVINGSTON RD
5 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	KANE CREEK
5 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	OLD STAGE RD 4609
5 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Medford Unit	S. STAGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 138 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 138 workings within 5 miles of Bybee Corner: 76 past producers, 31 producers, 15 occurrences, 14 prospects. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Granite Quarry	Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Opp	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tellurium	Producer	Vein
Opp Mine	Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Town Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Producer	Gold, Pyrite
Jacksonville Brick & Tile	Clay	Past Producer	Clay
Jacksonville Brick & Tile Co.	Clay	Past Producer
Beeman Limestone	Limestone, General	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Beeman Limestone	Limestone, General	Prospect
Bell and Mankins Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Ensele Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Perrydale (historical)	0.8 miles	23
Jacksonville	0.8 miles	23
Medford	4.1 miles	23
Central Point	4.5 miles	23
Seven Oaks	5.2 miles	23
Four Corners	6.1 miles	23
Ruch	7.3 miles	16
Tolo	7.5 miles	23

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 Q122553498

The 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 1134792. 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.