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Four Corners, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Medford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97502. It stands on Swanson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sams Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.

Four Corners within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Four Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 910 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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 use40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony16
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Fireworks11
Smoking10
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2004Railroad operations and maintenance12 acresMedford UnitRR MP 449.5
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictN ROXY
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitTOUVILLE PARK
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford UnitWILLOW SPRINGS
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD STAGE RD 4609
5 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitI5 MP 36
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitKERSHAW RD
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford UnitSPORTS PARK #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 91 workings within 5 miles of Four Corners: 61 past producers, 28 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
The StarGold, SilverPast Producer
The StarGoldPast Producer
Winchester-HoustenGoldProspectPlacer
Winchester-Housten PlacerGoldPast Producer
Brownsboro Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Demoss PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Linn Road Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lull GraniteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Meridian PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Middle Fork Rogue PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Central Point1.9 miles23
Seven Oaks2.8 miles23
White City3.6 miles24
Medford4.4 miles23
Table Rock4.5 miles23
Tolo5.2 miles23
Perrydale (historical)5.4 miles23
Bybee Corner6.1 miles23

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 Four CornersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368490The 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 1158372. 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.