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Colestin, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Southwest Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97520. It lies near Virgin Flat. The Survey maps it on the Mount Ashland quadrangle. It stands 3,720 feet above sea level.

Colestin within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Colestin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 4 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
Natural60
Equipment and vehicle use36
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitI-5 MM2
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitI5 MM 3
6 September 2004Smoking12 acresSiskiyou UnitHILT
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestQUARTZ
5 September 2019Natural5.0 acresKlamath National ForestCOLLIERS
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD HWY 99 12697
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictOLD HWY 99
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestGROUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Colestin: 15 past producers, 9 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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
H P AntimonyGold, AntimonyPast Producer
H.P. AntimonyGold, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
Siskiyou PitTravertinePast Producer
Freeway ScheeliteTungstenProspect
Freeway TungstenTungstenOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Junction ClaimsGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Junction ClaimsGold, SilverPast Producer
Mark I GroupUraniumOccurrenceEuxenite
Mark I GroupUraniumOccurrence
Red GoldGold, SilverOccurrence

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
Barron (historical)5.4 miles22
Buckhorn Springs7.3 miles24
Ashland10.2 miles22
Lincoln13.7 miles19
Mountain View14.7 miles19
Talent15.1 miles22
Pinehurst15.7 miles18
Climax16.8 miles21

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 ColestinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368429The 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 1639299. 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.