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Illahe, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Agness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97406. It stands on Billys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Illahe quadrangle. It stands 358 feet above sea level.

Illahe within Curry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Illahe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 16 started naturally. None was 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
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestSLIDER CREEK
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestFALLEN SLIDER
6 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitSHASTA-COSTA CREEK
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestIRON
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestAGNESS
13 August 2000Smoking1.0 acresRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestOPHIR MOUNTAIN
11 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestBILLINGS
10 August 2013Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestFLORA DELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Illahe: 17 occurrences, 13 past producers, 7 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Asbestos, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Agnes Pass PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Agness Pass PitStonePast Producer
Fitzgerald ProspectManganeseProspect1958
Iron MountainNickel, Chromium, Iron, CobaltOccurrenceSoil
Red CubCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverOccurrence1906
Shasta Costa CopperCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Shasta Costa Copper ProspectCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Wildcat GroupGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Wildcat GroupGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Galena KingTungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Curry 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
Agness5.0 miles18
Marial10.6 miles13
Eckley (historical)16.0 miles18
Ophir17.8 miles17
Bagnell Ferry19.9 miles11
Plum Trees20.4 miles18
Jerrys Flat (historical)20.4 miles11
Nesika Beach20.7 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 IllaheAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5998733The 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 1143989. 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.