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McLeod, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Butte Falls-Prospect census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97541. It stands on Big Butte Creek. The Survey maps it on the McLeod quadrangle. It stands 1,552 feet above sea level.

McLeod within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of McLeod between 1992 and 2020, burning about 296 acres in total. 71 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
Natural71
Recreation and ceremony22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning12
Smoking11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks5
Other causes4
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 2002Other causesunder an acreMedford UnitCHAUMA
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictINDIANLK
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitDYER FIRE
5 September 2010Smokingunder an acreMedford UnitSTEWART BOAT RAMP
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLEWISRD
4 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford District4 CORNERS
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLOST CYN
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitLOST CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of McLeod: 15 occurrences, 13 past producers, 8 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Beryllium, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Roger's Cinnabar PropertiesClayPast Producer
CarltonPumicePast ProducerPumice
CarltonPumicePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Medco QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elk Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Floras Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kindschi QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lost Creek Dam QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Rogue Elk3.8 miles20
Derby (historical)5.8 miles18
Trail6.6 miles20
Cascade Gorge7.3 miles19
Shady Cove7.5 miles19
Dudley (historical)8.2 miles19
Etna (historical)8.3 miles19
Persist (historical)8.4 miles21

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 McLeodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6802216The 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 1146017. 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.