Gold Hill, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Sams Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97525. It stands on Kane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gold Hill quadrangle. 1,335 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,085 feet above sea level.
On record in Gold Hill
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 5 records
Thomas N. Anderson Houselisted 1990
Chavner Family Houselisted 1996
Gold Hill High Schoollisted 1991
Rock Point Hotellisted 1980
Henry Van Hoevenberg Jr. Houselisted 1981
Population over time
11 figuresGold Hill grew from 385 to 1,335 between 1900 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 385 | |
| 1920 | 422 | +37 (+10%) |
| 1930 | 502 | +80 (+19%) |
| 1950 | 619 | +117 (+23%) |
| 1960 | 608 | -11 (-2%) |
| 1970 | 603 | -5 (-1%) |
| 1980 | 904 | +301 (+50%) |
| 1990 | 964 | +60 (+7%) |
| 2000 | 1,073 | +109 (+11%) |
| 2010 | 1,220 | +147 (+14%) |
| 2020 | 1,335 | +115 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Gold Hill quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gold Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
392 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Gold Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 757 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 49 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 | 93 |
| Natural | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | ROGUE RIVER HWY |
| 9 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Medford Unit | RR MP 449.5 |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | MAPLE LANE |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford Unit | WILLOW SPRINGS |
| 7 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | POWER POLE #R5436 |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | 1567 SARDINE |
| 6 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | P P # R-2569 |
| 6 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Medford Unit | PP#12182 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 210 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 210 workings within 5 miles of Gold Hill: 90 past producers, 51 occurrences, 35 prospects, 31 producers. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanche Claim | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz | |
| Blanche Claim | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Braden Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Braden Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Bristol Silica Co. Mine | Silica, Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Mine | Gold, Platinum, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1857 | |
| Gold Hill Pocket | Gold, Molybdenum, PGE | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Ray Granite | Granite, Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Gold Ray Granite | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heath | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Pyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dardanelles | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tolo | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Foots Creek | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sams Valley | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Rogue River | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Draper (historical) | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Seven Oaks | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| Starvation Heights | 7.2 miles | 16 |
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 Gold Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3109513 | 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 1639311. 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.






