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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.

Greenback within Josephine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

186 since 1992

Regional 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 use52
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony14
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking9
Other causes7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictSEXTON MTN LOOKOUT
5 September 2017Smokingunder an acreMedford DistrictSHANKS CREEK
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitRAILROAD AVE 851
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresGrants Pass UnitI-5 MP 78
5 September 2000Other causesunder an acreGrants Pass UnitNORTH FRONTAGE RD.
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford DistrictJACK CREEK
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictI 5 MP 75

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 173 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boulder Creek Manganese & Mineral LedgeManganese, IronOccurrence
ColumbiaChromium, Platinum, GoldProducerStream Placer
Columbia PlacerGold, PGEPast Producer
Copper QueenGold, Copper, Silver, MercuryPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Copper Queen MineGold, Mercury, CopperPast Producer
Coyote MineGold, Arsenic, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite
GreenbackGold, Silver, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerChalcopyrite
Horseshoe LodeGold, Silver, Copper, Manganese, TelluriumProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite
Horseshoe LodeGold, Tellurium, Silver, Manganese, CopperPast Producer
JantzerGold, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite

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
Placer1.4 miles17
Golden2.3 miles17
Sunny Valley3.5 miles17
Speaker4.5 miles17
Wolf Creek5.3 miles17
Hugo6.7 miles17
Leland6.9 miles17
Three Pines7.6 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 Greenback (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28035699The 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.