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Edsalla, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Butte Falls-Prospect census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97524. It stands on Cattail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Obenchain Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Edsalla within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Edsalla (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,060 acres in total. 84 started naturally. 9 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
Natural84
Debris and open burning25
Recreation and ceremony23
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMedford UnitPP#A6674
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLITTLE ROUND TOP
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictGINGER 3
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictGINGER 2
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLICK CREEK
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictRAINBOW RANCH
4 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictOBENCHAIN2
4 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitPOWERS RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Edsalla (historical): 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Copper, Manganese, Gold, Silver. 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
Call of the WildCopper, Manganese, Gold, SilverOccurrenceCopper, Cuprite, Malachite
Call of the WildCopper, Gold, Manganese, SilverProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grand Cove ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Lick Creek CopperCopperOccurrence
Lick Creek CopperCopperUnknown
Vestal GroupManganeseOccurrenceStratabound
Vestal GroupManganeseProspect1918

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Butte Falls3.8 miles19
Derby (historical)4.0 miles18
Brownsboro6.6 miles21
Dudley (historical)7.7 miles19
McLeod8.5 miles20
Lake Creek8.6 miles22
Mountain View (historical)9.0 miles24
Eagle Point10.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1161670. 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.