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Callahan, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Melrose census division. It lies near Long Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Callahan quadrangle.

Callahan within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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 Callahan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 5 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationBEAR RIDGE
24 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationSTARMER RD
21 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresRoseburg DistrictHUBBARD CR
13 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFLOURNOY VALLEY RD.
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictFLOURNOY VALLEY
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDOERNER RD.
5 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRoseburg DistrictLONG RNCH
31 August 2013Firearms and explosives useunder an acreRoseburg DistrictBEAR RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Callahan: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Longridge QuarryStonePast Producer
Longridge QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer

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
Elgarose6.6 miles16
Cleveland7.4 miles16
Melrose8.1 miles17
Millwood8.9 miles11
Coles Valley8.9 miles11
Lookingglass8.9 miles17
Reston9.4 miles11
Riversdale10.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1118471. 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.