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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1908 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Grants Pass NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
430 since 1992Regional 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 use | 101 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Natural | 49 |
| Smoking | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Other causes | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Fireworks | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | VERTICAL DRIVE |
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | I-5 MP 55 OVERPASS #2 |
| 9 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Medford District | SAVAGE2 |
| 9 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | HIGHLAND AVE |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Grants Pass Unit | HILLCREST |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | 2119 WILLIAMS HWY |
| 8 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | FOOTHILL BLVD |
| 7 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medford District | DEVILS SLIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Hat Group | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Jewett Mine | Gold, Tellurium, Bismuth, Silver, Copper, Arsenic | Producer | Altaite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sylvanite, Tetradymite | |
| Jewett Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Red Jacket Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Red Jacket Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Big Chief Property | Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | Gold, Limonite | |
| Big Chief Property | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Cal-Ore Power Co. | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Cal-Ore Power Co. | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Derick Berylium | Beryllium | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants Pass | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Redwood | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| New Hope | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Murphy | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Merlin | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wilderville | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 10.2 miles | 17 | |
| Three Pines | 11.0 miles | 17 |
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 Q8962911 | The 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.








