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McKee Bridge, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Southwest Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97530. It lies near Flume Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Ruch quadrangle. It stands 1,676 feet above sea level.

McKee Bridge within Jackson County

On record in McKee Bridge

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of McKee Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,385 acres in total. 67 started naturally. 10 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
Natural67
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony18
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1995Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresMedford UnitAPPLEGATE RIVER
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitUPPER APPLEGATE
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitUPPER APPLEGATE RD.
6 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreMedford UnitUPPER APPLEGATE
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestFLUMET
5 September 2019Natural1.0 acresRogue River-Siskiyou National Forest9 DOLLAR
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGROUSE CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictBOAZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of McKee Bridge: 22 past producers, 12 occurrences, 6 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Antimony, Mercury, 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
Applegate DamGold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Applegate DamSand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Blue Jay ProspectAntimony, Gold, ArsenicPast ProducerKermesite, Stibnite
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
YellowjacketGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
YellowjacketGold, Copper, Silver, LeadProspect
Blue Jay AntimonyAntimony, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Gold PanGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Gold Pan GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
Golden PlumeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence

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
Buncom5.2 miles22
Cameron (historical)5.3 miles16
Steamboat7.7 miles16
Ruch7.7 miles16
Copper7.9 miles16
Applegate10.2 miles16
Williams Creek (historical)12.3 miles16
Provolt13.7 miles16

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 McKee BridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6801727The 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 1135061. 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.