Dardanelles, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Southwest Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97525. It stands on Kane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gold Hill quadrangle. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.
On record in Dardanelles
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Thomas N. Anderson Houselisted 1990 · 0.3 miles away
Gold Hill High Schoollisted 1991 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1908 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Gold Hill quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gold Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
400 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of Dardanelles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,414 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 51 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 | 97 |
| Natural | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | ROGUE RIVER HWY |
| 9 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Medford Unit | RR MP 449.5 |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Medford District | LEFT FRK FOOTS CREEK |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | MAPLE LANE |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | N RIVER ROAD |
| 7 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | POWER POLE #R5436 |
| 6 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | PP # R-5598 |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | 1567 SARDINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 208 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 208 workings within 5 miles of Dardanelles: 85 past producers, 53 occurrences, 37 prospects, 29 producers. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Buck Prospect | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite | |
| Big Buck Prospect | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Blanche Claim | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz | |
| Blanche Claim | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Braden Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Braden Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Bristol Silica Co. Mine | Silica, Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Mine | Gold, Platinum, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1857 | |
| Gold Hill Pocket | Gold, Molybdenum, PGE | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Ray Granite | Granite, Clay | Past Producer | Clay |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Hill | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Foots Creek | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tolo | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Rogue River | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Draper (historical) | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sams Valley | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Seven Oaks | 6.8 miles | 23 | |
| Starvation Heights | 7.0 miles | 16 |
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 Dardanelles | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28368436 | 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 1159044. 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.






