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London, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cottage Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97424. It stands on Anderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove Lake quadrangle.

London within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of London between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFRAISOR ROAD #3
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFPROGENY
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters1350 SPUR
3 September 2002Other causesunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFLONDON
29 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBIG RIVER
22 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFCEDAR CRK
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationCOX CREEK
12 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictCEDAR CREEK OPERATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of London: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Clay. 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
Hobart ButteClay, Arsenic, AntimonyPast ProducerSedimentary
Hobart ButteTitanium, Silica, Mercury, Iron, Arsenic, Aluminum, Water, Free, ClayPast Producer1930, 1934
Black Butte MineMercuryPast Producer1890, 1900, 1968
SullivanMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Thompson ProspectMercuryProspect
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Big Baldy QuarryStonePast Producer
Big Baldy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
London Springs0.2 miles11
Wallace (historical)1.3 miles11
Amos (historical)1.9 miles11
Black Butte4.6 miles11
Gap7.2 miles11
Veatch8.4 miles13
Latham9.9 miles13
Walden10.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1157799. 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.