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Calkins, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Roseburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97471. It lies near Cow Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Roseburg West quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level.

Calkins within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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 Calkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 use25
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Natural2

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 2020Recreation and ceremony2.9 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSUMMIT DRIVE
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictORCHARD LANE
9 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationGEM DRIVE
7 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationLOOKINGGLASS ROAD #2
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTOPAZ DRIVE
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDEL RIO RD.
3 September 2001Smoking3.9 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationNAVAJO DRIVE
27 September 1999Other causesunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationMOOREA DR. #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Calkins: 33 past producers, 25 producers. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Christensen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cunningham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dan Parker PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Green QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Keller PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Looking Glass QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Morgan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morgan SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mt. Nebo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Paroz PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Edenbower1.7 miles17
Riversdale3.1 miles16
Melrose3.2 miles17
Oaks3.4 miles18
Roseburg3.6 miles18
Green4.7 miles18
Elgarose4.8 miles16
Winchester5.0 miles16

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 Q114039982The 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 1136115. 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.