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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1897 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1938 USGS Medford quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Mt. Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Mount Ashland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | I-5 MM2 |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | I5 MM 3 |
| 6 September 2004 | Smoking | 12 acres | Siskiyou Unit | HILT |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | QUARTZ |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Klamath National Forest | COLLIERS |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD HWY 99 12697 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | OLD HWY 99 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | GROUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H P Antimony | Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| H.P. Antimony | Gold, Antimony | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Siskiyou Pit | Travertine | Past Producer | ||
| Freeway Scheelite | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Freeway Tungsten | Tungsten | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Junction Claims | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Junction Claims | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mark I Group | Uranium | Occurrence | Euxenite | |
| Mark I Group | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Red Gold | Gold, Silver | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barron (historical) | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Buckhorn Springs | 7.3 miles | 24 | |
| Ashland | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Lincoln | 13.7 miles | 19 | |
| Mountain View | 14.7 miles | 19 | |
| Talent | 15.1 miles | 22 | |
| Pinehurst | 15.7 miles | 18 | |
| Climax | 16.8 miles | 21 |
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 Colestin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28368429 | The 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.










