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Hugo, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Josephine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97526. It stands on Azalea Creek. The Survey maps it on the Merlin quadrangle. It stands 1,316 feet above sea level.

Hugo within Josephine County

On record in Hugo

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

351 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Hugo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,669 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 14 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 use74
Natural53
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Smoking29
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Recreation and ceremony20
Other causes17
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Arson/incendiarism14
Fireworks9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Firearms and explosives use3

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHIGHLAND
7 September 2006Other causesunder an acreGrants Pass UnitPOTTS WAY 764
7 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrants Pass UnitEAST CROW ROAD
7 September 1995Other causesunder an acreGrants Pass UnitSUGARPINE DRIVE
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGrants Pass UnitROCK PIT
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHUGO RD 3785
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictSEXTON MTN LOOKOUT
3 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersQUARTZ CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Hugo: 31 past producers, 19 occurrences, 16 prospects, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Copper QueenGold, Copper, Silver, MercuryPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Copper Queen MineGold, Mercury, CopperPast Producer
Grave Creek PlacerGold, SilverProducerPlacer
Molybdenum OccurrenceCopper, MolybdenumOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
SulfideSilver, GoldProspect
Sulfide OccurrenceCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceUnknown
Unnamed Molybdenum OccurrenceCopper, MolybdenumProspect
White WonderSilica, Silver, Nickel, Gold, CopperProspect
Chancellor QuarryStonePast Producer
Chancellor QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Three Pines1.3 miles17
Pleasant Valley2.1 miles17
Sunny Valley4.0 miles17
Leland4.2 miles17
Merlin4.7 miles17
Placer5.7 miles17
Greenback (historical)6.7 miles17
Wolf Creek7.7 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 HugoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5933672The 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 1136402. 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.