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Drew, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97484. It stands on Cook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiller quadrangle. It stands 1,404 feet above sea level.

Drew within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Drew between 1992 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 7 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
Natural42
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National ForestBUZZARD
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBUZZARD CREEK
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National Forestnot named
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National Forestnot named
16 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLITTLE WINTERS #2
14 September 2001Other causesunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationJOE HALL #1
14 September 2001Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationCALLAHAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Drew: 17 past producers, 13 occurrences, 7 prospects, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Iron, Stone. 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
BanfieldCopper, Silver, MercuryPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Cinnabar
Banfield MineIron, Silver, Mercury, Copper, GoldPast Producer1900, 1928
Gold CutGoldPast ProducerPyrite
Gold Cut MineGoldProspect
Pennel and Farmer ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Pennell and Farmer ProspectCopperProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamlin PrairieSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamlin Prairie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Tiller4.2 miles21
Milo8.6 miles17
Perdue (historical)10.0 miles17
Lavadoure (historical)11.5 miles17
Anchor (historical)14.3 miles16
Nugget (historical)14.5 miles16
Days Creek15.7 miles16
Booth (historical)18.3 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 DrewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5307112The 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 1141234. 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.