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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dixonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Dixonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.9 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SUMMIT DRIVE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTH DEER CR. |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DAWSON RD |
| 3 September 2011 | Other causes | under an acre | Central Unit | BREEZY LN. |
| 29 September 2000 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | KESTER RIDGE |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Roseburg District | SOUTH DEER CREEK |
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | GROUSE BUTTE |
| 26 September 1999 | Fireworks | 1.5 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | MOOREA DR. #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatfield Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Oden-Hatfield Limestone | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Compton Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dan Parker Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Emmett L. Phillips | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kester Road Upper Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2016 | Flood | Dixonville | - | 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 2015 | Flood | Dixonville | - | 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 2012 | Flood | Dixonville | - | 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 2012 | Flood | Dixonville | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Dixonville | - | 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 2008 | Flood | Dixonville | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek (historical) | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Roseburg | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Oaks | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Green | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Edenbower | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Winchester | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Buck Fork (historical) | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Calkins | 8.9 miles | 17 |
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 Dixonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24895683 | 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 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.






