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Holland, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Cave Junction census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97523. It lies near Mulvaney Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Holland quadrangle.

Holland within Josephine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Holland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 12 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
Natural49
Equipment and vehicle use43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Firearms and explosives use4
Fireworks2

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 acreGrants Pass UnitHOLLAND LOOP ROAD 2612
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMedford DistrictQUINES CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestYEAGER
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass Unit500 MARTIN ROAD
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestPAGE MOUNTAIN # 1
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestTAKILMA
5 September 2003Natural1.0 acresMedford DistrictLOGANCUT
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass Unit5005 CAVES HWY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 105 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 105 workings within 5 miles of Holland: 42 past producers, 20 occurrences, 17 prospects, 14 unknowns. 12 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
Associated Chromite ClaimBoron-BoratesPast Producer
Atlas Gold DredgingGold, Iridium, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Atlas Gold DredgingGold, PGEPast Producer
Boswell ProspectGold, SilverProducerGold
Brown TownPlatinum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceStream Placer
Cannon & Connacher ProspectGold, Silver, ManganeseOccurrenceGold, Iron
Gem Quartz MineGold, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
June GroupIron, ManganeseOccurrenceMagnetite
June GroupIron, ManganeseProspect
QuarryStonePast Producer

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
Althouse (historical)2.0 miles17
Browntown3.2 miles17
California Bar3.4 miles16
Bridgeview3.6 miles17
Cave Junction6.3 miles17
Takilma6.8 miles17
Allentown (historical)7.4 miles17
Kerby7.5 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 HollandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5880832The 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 1143665. 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.