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Cascade Gorge, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Butte Falls-Prospect census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97536. It stands on Middle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cascade Gorge quadrangle. It stands 2,293 feet above sea level.

Cascade Gorge within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Cascade Gorge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 670 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 9 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
Natural72
Recreation and ceremony18
Smoking16
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILL CREEK MP 2
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILL CREEK DR 2651
5 September 2010Smokingunder an acreMedford UnitSTEWART BOAT RAMP
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLEWISRD
3 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMedford UnitPERSIST
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictCLARKS CR
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictRED ROCK
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLOST CYN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cascade Gorge: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. 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
CarltonPumicePast ProducerPumice
CarltonPumicePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Boise Cascade Shale QuarryStonePast Producer
Boise Cascade Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Floras Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Floras Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lost Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Lost Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
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
Persist (historical)4.1 miles21
Prospect4.9 miles19
Dudley (historical)6.2 miles19
Bitter Lick6.5 miles20
McLeod7.3 miles20
Rogue Elk10.8 miles20
Derby (historical)11.7 miles18
Butte Falls11.9 miles19

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 Cascade GorgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368448The 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 1139419. 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.