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Fernvale, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the South Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97442. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quines Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,578 feet above sea level.

Fernvale within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Fernvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,309 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 2 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 use31
Natural31
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationTUNNEL ROAD
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBROWN STREET
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use17 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationSTAGECOACH PASS # 1
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictI 5 MP 86
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersQUINES CR. RD.
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictFIR POINT
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictKENWOOD ROAD 400
21 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5 MP 79

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Fernvale: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, 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
Ninemile Quarry & PlantStonePast Producer
Ninemile Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Silver PeakCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite, LeadPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Young ProspectMercuryOccurrence1940
Young ProspectMercuryUnknown
Barton Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Fortune Branch2.9 miles15
Galesville4.0 miles15
Glendale4.0 miles17
Quines Creek5.3 miles15
Azalea6.0 miles15
Booth (historical)7.7 miles16
Canyonville11.3 miles15
Riddle11.9 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q114052162The 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 1120683. 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.