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Dixonville, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97470. It stands on North Fork Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dixonville quadrangle.

Dixonville within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Dixonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural7
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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 2020Recreation and ceremony2.9 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSUMMIT DRIVE
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH DEER CR.
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDAWSON RD
3 September 2011Other causesunder an acreCentral UnitBREEZY LN.
29 September 2000Other causes1.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationKESTER RIDGE
26 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreRoseburg DistrictSOUTH DEER CREEK
26 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use32 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationGROUSE BUTTE
26 September 1999Fireworks1.5 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationMOOREA DR. #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Dixonville: 14 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hatfield LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Oden-Hatfield LimestoneLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Little Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Compton Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dan Parker PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Emmett L. PhillipsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kester Road Upper QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixonville in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 5 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2016FloodDixonville-Deer Creek at Roseburg rose above flood stage (10.0 feet) at 14/1630 PST, and reached moderate flood stage (13.0 feet) at 14/1930 PST. The river crested at 13.05 feet at 14/2000 PST. It fell below moderate flood stage at 15/0100 PST and below flood stage at 15/0600 PST.
December 2015FloodDixonville-Deer Creek at Roseburg exceeded the flood stage of 10.0 feet at 13/0119 PST, crested above moderate flood stage at 13.72 feet at 13/0430 PST, then fell below flood stage at 13/0919 PST. A report later in the morning reported that flood waters entered a nearby restaurant.
March 2012FloodDixonville-Deer Creek at Roseburg exceeded flood stage at 21/1400 PST, crested at 11.35 feet at 22/0100 PST, then fell below flood stage at 22/0430 PST.
December 2012FloodDixonville-Deer Creek at Roseburg exceeded flood stage during this interval. It crested at 108.36 feet at 02/0630 PST. Upriver near Tokatee, Oregon 138E was partially closed by a landslide.
April 2012HailDixonville-NWS Doppler radar picked up a 3-body scatter spike and a mesocyclone in this thunderstorm at 23/1538 PST. The spike was behind a 65-70 dbz core in a severe thunderstorm. No reports were received, so it is assumed that severe hail fell from this storm.
December 2008FloodDixonville-A Flood Warning was issued for Deer Creek at Roseburg at 29/0608, valid from the morning of the 29th until the evening of the 29th. The creek exceeded flood stage (10.0 feet) at 29/0530 PST, crested at 10.61 feet at 29/0700 PST, then dropped below flood stage at 29/1100 PST. The flood warning was cancelled at 29/1146 PST.

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Oak Creek (historical)4.4 miles16
Roseburg5.4 miles18
Oaks6.6 miles18
Green7.5 miles18
Edenbower7.7 miles17
Winchester7.8 miles16
Buck Fork (historical)8.3 miles15
Calkins8.9 miles17

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 DixonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24895683The 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 1119978. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.