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Jacksonville, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Medford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97530. It lies near Rich Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Medford West quadrangle. 3,020 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,569 feet above sea level.

Jacksonville within Jackson County

On record in Jacksonville

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 8 records

Population over time

15 figures

Jacksonville grew from 839 to 3,020 between 1880 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
1880839
1890743-96 (-11%)
1900653-90 (-12%)
1910785+132 (+20%)
1920489-296 (-38%)
1930706+217 (+44%)
1940761+55 (+8%)
19501,193+432 (+57%)
19601,172-21 (-2%)
19701,611+439 (+37%)
19802,030+419 (+26%)
19901,896-134 (-7%)
20002,235+339 (+18%)
20102,785+550 (+25%)
20203,020+235 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Jacksonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 21 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
Natural40
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking16
Recreation and ceremony13
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes5
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2017Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH STAGE 4760
9 September 2016Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 238 (3788)
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitRESERVOIR PEAK FIRE
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTERLING CREEK PP#172505
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitLOGTOWN
6 September 1996Other causesunder an acreMedford UnitLIVINGSTON RD
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFOREST CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKANE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 155 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 155 workings within 5 miles of Jacksonville: 88 past producers, 32 producers, 17 occurrences, 15 prospects. 32 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Granite QuarryStone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
OppGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, TelluriumProducerVein
Opp MineGold, Tellurium, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Town MineGold, Silver, CopperProducerGold, Pyrite
Jacksonville Brick & TileClayPast ProducerClay
Jacksonville Brick & Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Bell and Mankins MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Norling MineGold, SilverProducerVein
Revenue PocketGold, SilverPast Producer
Baxter LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksonville in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2006Flash FloodJacksonville-Flooding was reported above Highway 238 near Jacksonville.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindJacksonville-Spotter reported numerous trees blown over.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Bybee Corner0.8 miles23
Perrydale (historical)1.6 miles23
Medford4.9 miles23
Central Point5.1 miles23
Seven Oaks5.7 miles23
Ruch6.6 miles16
Four Corners6.8 miles23
Tolo7.7 miles23

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 JacksonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q335307The 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 1122366. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.