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.
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.
- McKee Bridgelisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
- McKee Bridge Campgroundlisted 2000 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1908 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Ruch quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Ruch quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Ruch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Medford Unit | APPLEGATE RIVER |
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | UPPER APPLEGATE |
| 6 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | UPPER APPLEGATE RD. |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medford Unit | UPPER APPLEGATE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | FLUMET |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | 9 DOLLAR |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GROUSE CREEK |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | BOAZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applegate Dam | Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Applegate Dam | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Jay Prospect | Antimony, Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Kermesite, Stibnite | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Yellowjacket | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite | |
| Yellowjacket | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Blue Jay Antimony | Antimony, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Pan | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gold Pan Group | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Plume | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buncom | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Cameron (historical) | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Steamboat | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ruch | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Copper | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Applegate | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Williams Creek (historical) | 12.3 miles | 16 | |
| Provolt | 13.7 miles | 16 |
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 Bridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6801727 | The 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.







