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Fruitdale, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Grants Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97527. It stands on Fruitdale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grants Pass quadrangle. 1,177 people lived here at the 2010 count.

Fruitdale within Josephine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

430 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 430 fires within 5 miles of Fruitdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 401 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 21 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 use101
Debris and open burning57
Natural49
Smoking41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Recreation and ceremony31
Other causes27
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Fireworks24
Arson/incendiarism21
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitVERTICAL DRIVE
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5 MP 55 OVERPASS #2
9 September 2002Smoking1.0 acresMedford DistrictSAVAGE2
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHIGHLAND AVE
8 September 2011Smoking2.5 acresGrants Pass UnitHILLCREST
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGrants Pass Unit2119 WILLIAMS HWY
8 September 2002Fireworksunder an acreGrants Pass UnitFOOTHILL BLVD
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedford DistrictDEVILS SLIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Fruitdale: 27 past producers, 10 producers, 8 occurrences, 8 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Iron Hat GroupGold, Copper, SilverOccurrencePyrite
Jewett MineGold, Tellurium, Bismuth, Silver, Copper, ArsenicProducerAltaite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sylvanite, Tetradymite
Jewett MineGold, Arsenic, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Red Jacket MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Red Jacket MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Big Chief PropertyGold, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Limonite
Big Chief PropertyManganeseProspect
Cal-Ore Power Co.NickelOccurrence
Cal-Ore Power Co.NickelUnknown
Derick BeryliumBerylliumProspect

Every working recorded in Josephine 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
Grants Pass1.6 miles19
Redwood4.2 miles18
New Hope5.2 miles17
Murphy5.3 miles17
Merlin8.8 miles17
Wilderville8.9 miles18
Pleasant Valley10.2 miles17
Three Pines11.0 miles17

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 Q8962911The 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 1135759. 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.