Lake of the Woods, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Keno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97601. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake of the Woods North quadrangle. It stands 4,957 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake of the Woods
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.
Lake of the Woods Ranger Station-Work Centerlisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1897 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Lake O' Woods quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lake of the Woods quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Lake of The Woods North quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lake of The Woods North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Lake of the Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 77 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 77 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | BUTTE CREEK |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | TAMARAK |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | BARBER |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | BBQ |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | BILLIE GOAT |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | FAMILY |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | PEARCE |
| 3 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | BROWN MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation (historical) | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Rocky Point | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Clover Station (historical) | 13.1 miles | 19 | |
| Crystal (historical) | 15.3 miles | 19 | |
| Running Y Ranch | 18.7 miles | 18 | |
| Modoc Point | 18.8 miles | 19 | |
| Chase (historical) | 19.8 miles | 19 | |
| Algoma | 21.1 miles | 18 |
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 of the Woods | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6478660 | The 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 1161411. 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.










