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Galice, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Josephine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97532. It lies near Toss Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Galice quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.

Galice within Josephine County

On record in Galice

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Galice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53,351 acres in total. 61 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
Natural61
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2003Natural4.2 acresRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestTAYLOR CREEK # 2
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrants Pass Unit480 GALICE ROAD
28 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford DistrictGALICECRK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictRUM CRK 2
24 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National Forestnot named
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictHELLGATE
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictCENTENNIAL
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictFRY GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 165 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 165 workings within 5 miles of Galice: 63 occurrences, 42 past producers, 32 prospects, 23 producers. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Chromium. 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
AlmedaGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, AntimonyPast Producer1899, 1905
AlmedaGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Black Bear MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Brass Ledge Quartz ClaimCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Quartz
Buffalo GroupGold, Copper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gold ProspectGold, StoneOccurrence
Golden Pheasant GroupMolybdenum, GoldOccurrenceGold, Molybdenite
Independence ClaimGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Mayflower GroupSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Mill Creek ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceMalachite

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
Rand1.9 miles15
Leland9.6 miles17
Merlin10.1 miles17
Hugo10.4 miles17
Three Pines10.5 miles17
Pleasant Valley11.2 miles17
Sunny Valley12.7 miles17
Wolf Creek13.8 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.

Wikipedia article on GaliceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476010The 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 1142560. 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.