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Leland, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Northwest Josephine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97497. It lies near Brimstone Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.

Leland within Josephine County

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

227 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Leland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,157 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 15 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 use54
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony18
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking15
Other causes12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Firearms and explosives use2

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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictSEXTON MTN LOOKOUT
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictI 5 MP 75
3 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrants Pass UnitPP # A-5746
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictQUARTZ CRK
28 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5, M.P. 71
27 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5 M.P. 69
26 September 2009Smoking2.0 acresGrants Pass UnitTEMPLIN 912
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5, MP 73 NB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Leland: 23 past producers, 12 producers, 10 occurrences, 9 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Stone. 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
Benson PlacerGold, PlatinumProducer1900
Benson PlacerGold, PGEPast Producer
Copper QueenGold, Copper, Silver, MercuryPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Copper Queen MineGold, Mercury, CopperPast Producer
Grave Creek PlacerGold, SilverProducerPlacer
SulfideSilver, GoldProspect
Sulfide OccurrenceCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceUnknown
Angora QuarryStonePast Producer
Angora QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beincourt BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Sunny Valley3.5 miles17
Hugo4.2 miles17
Wolf Creek4.6 miles17
Three Pines5.5 miles17
Pleasant Valley6.3 miles17
Golden6.5 miles17
Placer6.7 miles17
Greenback (historical)6.9 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 LelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6520704The 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 1166671. 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.