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Marial, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Agness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97406. It stands on Marks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marial quadrangle. It stands 338 feet above sea level.

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Marial within Curry County

On record in Marial

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Marial between 1994 and 2017, burning about 14,940 acres in total. 26 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
Natural26
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMISSOURI CREEK
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitLONG GULCH
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLONG GUL 2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictMISSOURI2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictQUAIL CRK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitQUAIL CREEK
28 September 1994Natural21 acresMedford DistrictQUAIL CRK2
2 August 2015Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestSHASTA COSTA

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Marial: 20 prospects, 14 past producers, 14 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
DinawadjaGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
MammothCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Mule Mtn.Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Old Red MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadOccurrenceArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Old Red MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadProspect
High Foggy Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
High Foggy Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
KeystoneGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
MammothGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
MarigoldGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Malachite

Every working recorded in Curry County

Storms near this place

12 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marial in 12 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 12 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025FloodMarial-The Rogue River near Agness rose above minor flood stage of 25.0 ft. at 16/1218 PST, peaked in minor flood stage at 16/1530 PST at 34.51 ft. It then fell below flood stage at 17/2103 PST. At 25.0 feet, Numerous campgrounds and low-lying roads along the river are flooded including Lobster Creek Road and Lobster Creek Campground.
January 2019FloodMarial-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded flood stage (17.0 feet) at 20/0545 PST. The river crested at 19.36 feet at 20/1215 PST. The river dropped below flood stage at 20/2145 PST.
April 2019FloodMarial-The river rose above minor flood stage (17.0 feet) at 08/0900 PST. The river crested at 21.93 feet at 08/2145 PST. The river fell below minor flood stage at 09/2000 PST.
February 2019FloodMarial-The Rogue River at Agness rose above flood stage (17.0 feet) at 25/2100 PST, crested at 18.32 feet at 26/0615 PST, then fell below flood stage at 26/1215 PST.
January 2017FloodMarial-The Rogue River at Agness rose above flood stage (17.0 feet) at 10/1515 PST. The river crested at 21.88 feet between 11/0115 and 11/0130 PST. The river fell below flood stage at 11/1845 PST.
January 2017FloodMarial-The Rogue River at Agness rose above flood stage (17.0 feet) at 19/0015 PST. The river crested at 19.36 feet at 19/0715 PST. The river fell below flood stage at 19/1800 PST.
February 2017FloodMarial-The Rogue River near Agness exceeded flood stage (17.0 feet) at 09/1545 PST. The river crested at 18.64 feet at 09/2100 PST. The river fell below flood stage at 10/1100 PST.
February 2017FloodMarial-The Rogue River near Agness rose above flood stage (17.0 feet) at 17/1745 PST. It crested at 18.61 feet at 17/0030 PST. It fell below flood stage 17/0815 PST.
January 2016FloodMarial-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded the flood stage of 17.0 feet at 17/2050 PST. It crested at 20.87 feet at 18/0930 PST, which constitutes a minor flood. It dropped below flood stage at 18/0930 PST.
December 2016FloodMarial-The Rogue River at Agness rose above flood stage (17.0 feet) at 15/0015 PST. The river crested at 24.14 feet at 15/1215 PST. The river fell below flood stage at 16/0630 PST.
February 2015FloodMarial-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded the flood stage of 17.0 feet at 06/1300 PST. The stream crested at 24.24 feet at 06/2015 PST. The stream dropped below flood stage at 08/0230 PST.
December 2015FloodMarial-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded the flood stage of 17.0 feet at 13/1954 PST, crested above minor flood stage at 17.7 feet at 13/2300 PST, then fell below flood stage at 14/0204 PST.

Every storm recorded in Curry 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
Illahe10.6 miles18
Agness14.4 miles18
Eckley (historical)17.9 miles18
Plum Trees25.8 miles18
Ophir28.1 miles17
Bagnell Ferry30.5 miles11
Jerrys Flat (historical)31.1 miles11
Nesika Beach31.2 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 MarialAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6761768The 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 1145806. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.