Greenback, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Grants Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97497. It stands on Whiskey Bottle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle. It stands 1,903 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Riddle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Canyonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
186 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Greenback (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 10 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 | 52 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford District | PP A 8901 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | SEXTON MTN LOOKOUT |
| 5 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Medford District | SHANKS CREEK |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | RAILROAD AVE 851 |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Grants Pass Unit | I-5 MP 78 |
| 5 September 2000 | Other causes | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | NORTH FRONTAGE RD. |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford District | JACK CREEK |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | I 5 MP 75 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 173 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 173 workings within 5 miles of Greenback (historical): 57 past producers, 50 occurrences, 35 prospects, 22 producers. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Creek Manganese & Mineral Ledge | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Columbia | Chromium, Platinum, Gold | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Columbia Placer | Gold, PGE | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Queen | Gold, Copper, Silver, Mercury | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold | |
| Copper Queen Mine | Gold, Mercury, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Coyote Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite | |
| Greenback | Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite | |
| Horseshoe Lode | Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese, Tellurium | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite | |
| Horseshoe Lode | Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Manganese, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Jantzer | Gold, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placer | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Golden | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sunny Valley | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Speaker | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Wolf Creek | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hugo | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Leland | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Three Pines | 7.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Greenback (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28035699 | 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 1134142. 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.







