BlockCivil Bend, 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 97496. It stands on Brockway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Civil Bend
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- C. E. Moyer Nurseries Propertylisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Winston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Civil Bend (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 412 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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 | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | COON HOLLOW |
| 8 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | KENT CREEK |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RICE CR. |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | HIS GLORY LN |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HOMESTEAD |
| 4 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | INDIAN NOSE |
| 4 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 53 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CLARKS BRANCH COMPLEX |
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LOOKINGGLASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Civil Bend (historical): 37 past producers, 25 producers, 3 occurrences. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Knox | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Fisher Property | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Fisher Property | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| C B Ranch Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| C B Ranch Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Christensen | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cunningham Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dillard Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Goodin Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| L-P Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dillard | 0.3 miles | 17 | |
| Winston | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Brockway | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Round Prairie | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Green | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Porter Creek | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lookingglass | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oaks | 6.5 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132970. 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.