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Lake Creek, Oregon

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Butte Falls-Prospect census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97524. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,644 feet above sea level.

Lake Creek within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Lake Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,365 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 1 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
Natural35
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Firearms and explosives use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14,787 acresMedford UnitS. OBENCHAIN
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitHWY 140
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGARDENER BUTTE
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLICK CREEK
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersLOST CREEK
28 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 140 MM 16
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitC2 RANCH
17 September 2008Natural16 acresMedford DistrictWASSON CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Lake Creek: 8 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Mercury, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brownsboro ClayMercury, ClayPast Producer
Lick Creek CopperCopperOccurrence
Lick Creek CopperCopperUnknown
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Stanley and Brown ProspectMercury, ClayPast Producer1902
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stanley and Brown ProspectMercuryPast Producer

Every working 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
Brownsboro5.7 miles21
Wellen (historical)7.3 miles24
Edsalla (historical)8.6 miles18
Climax8.7 miles21
Butte Falls9.0 miles19
Eagle Point10.2 miles24
Mountain View (historical)10.4 miles24
Derby (historical)11.7 miles18

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 Lake CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474087The 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 1144788. 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.