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Galesville, 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 McCollum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quines Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,536 feet above sea level.

Galesville 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Galesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 31 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 use32
Natural31
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford DistrictPP A 8901
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictI 5 MP 86
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationQUARTS MILL PEAK
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationMP 90
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersQUINES CR. RD.
24 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMP 88
23 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford DistrictMP 89 SOUTH
23 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford District89 NORTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Galesville: 15 past producers, 9 occurrences, 5 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Mercury. 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
IndianaGold, SilverOccurrence
Barton Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barton Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bull RunManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite
Bull Run ProspectManganeseProspect
Red Apple PitStonePast Producer
Red Apple PitStonePast Producer
Young ProspectMercuryOccurrence1940
Young ProspectMercuryUnknown
Bull Run PlacersGold, SilverPast Producer

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 Branch1.2 miles15
Quines Creek1.3 miles15
Azalea2.2 miles15
Booth (historical)3.9 miles16
Fernvale4.0 miles15
Glendale7.4 miles17
Anchor (historical)8.5 miles16
Canyonville10.3 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 Q114053588The 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 1121041. 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.