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Lincoln, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Southeast Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97520. It stands on Lincoln Creek. The Survey maps it on the Soda Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,701 feet above sea level.

Lincoln within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 56 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
Natural56
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking3
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBOX D
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPINEHURST
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPARKER CREEK
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitW. PARKER
30 September 2000Smokingunder an acreMedford DistrictPINEHURST
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictHWY 66
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestDOG
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford Unit12267 HWY 66

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice. 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
Weyerhauser Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
BullardStonePast Producer
Russell #2 QuarryStonePast Producer
Bullard PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Russell #2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weyerhauser Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Mountain View1.0 miles19
Pinehurst2.1 miles18
Buckhorn Springs6.8 miles24
Barron (historical)11.1 miles22
Colestin13.7 miles23
Climax17.2 miles21
Ashland17.3 miles22
Talent22.5 miles22

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 LincolnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368442The 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 1136478. 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.