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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.

Dardanelles within Jackson County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

400 since 1992

Regional 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 use97
Natural66
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning35
Recreation and ceremony27
Smoking22
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Fireworks9
Other causes8
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictROGUE RIVER HWY
9 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenance12 acresMedford UnitRR MP 449.5
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMedford DistrictLEFT FRK FOOTS CREEK
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictMAPLE LANE
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersN RIVER ROAD
7 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrants Pass UnitPOWER POLE #R5436
6 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrants Pass UnitPP # R-5598
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford Unit1567 SARDINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 208 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Buck ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ManganesePast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Big Buck ProspectGold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Blanche ClaimGold, Copper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz
Blanche ClaimGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Braden MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ArsenicProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Braden MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer
Bristol Silica Co. MineSilica, DolomiteProducer
Gold Hill MineGold, Platinum, MolybdenumPast Producer1857
Gold Hill PocketGold, Molybdenum, PGEPast Producer
Gold Ray GraniteGranite, ClayPast ProducerClay

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
Gold Hill0.4 miles16
Foots Creek4.6 miles16
Tolo4.6 miles23
Rogue River6.1 miles16
Draper (historical)6.1 miles16
Sams Valley6.2 miles23
Seven Oaks6.8 miles23
Starvation Heights7.0 miles16

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 DardanellesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368436The 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.