Dudley, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Butte Falls-Prospect census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97524. It stands on Dudley Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cascade Gorge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dudley within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1897 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Butte Falls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1988 USGS Cascade Gorge quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Crater Lake quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Cascade Gorge quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Dudley (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 385 acres in total. 90 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural	90
Recreation and ceremony	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	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
7 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Medford District	SOUTH CLARK CREEK
7 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	DUDLEY MTN
6 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SOUTH CLARK CRK
4 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Medford Unit	POWERS RANCH
3 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Medford District	BIG BUTTE
3 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Medford District	FREDENBRG2
3 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Medford District	BLIVET
3 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Medford Unit	FREDENBURG E

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dudley (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Floras Creek Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Floras Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Medco Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Butte Falls	6.1 miles	19
Cascade Gorge	6.2 miles	19
Edsalla (historical)	7.7 miles	18
McLeod	8.2 miles	20
Prospect	8.8 miles	19
Derby (historical)	9.1 miles	18
Persist (historical)	10.1 miles	21
Rogue Elk	11.9 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1155046. 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.