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Edenbower, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Roseburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97471. It stands on Sweetbriar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roseburg West quadrangle.

Edenbower within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Edenbower between 1992 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 use22
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Fireworks2

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
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictORCHARD LANE
9 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationGEM DRIVE
7 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationLOOKINGGLASS ROAD #2
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTOPAZ DRIVE
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDAWSON RD
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDEL RIO RD.
3 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral UnitWEYERHAEUSER DR.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Edenbower: 31 past producers, 25 producers. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Christensen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Compton Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dan Parker PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Keller PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Looking Glass QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Morgan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morgan SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mt. Nebo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Newton Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Paroz PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Calkins1.7 miles17
Roseburg2.5 miles18
Riversdale3.0 miles16
Oaks3.4 miles18
Winchester3.5 miles16
Melrose4.2 miles17
Green5.2 miles18
Elgarose5.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136245. 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.