Mound, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Upper Siuslaw River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97487. It stands on Pheasant Creek. The Survey maps it on the High Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mound within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1942 USGS Crow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1945 USGS Crow quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1984 USGS High Point quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Mound (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 3 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	12
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Smoking	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	2
Other causes	1
Firearms and explosives use	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	HIGH POINT
28 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.6 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	TIMBER RIDGE
26 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Western Lane District	HUNGRY PANTHER
23 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	DOGWOOD
21 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	PANTHER1
18 September 2020	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	HOLLAND LIGHTNING
12 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Roseburg District	MIDDLE CREEK
7 August 2006	Natural	1.2 acres	Western Lane District	BUCK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mound (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Wolf Creek	Stone	Past Producer
	Wolf Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Alma	1.3 miles	11
Wolf Creek	5.4 miles	11
Hadleyville	8.7 miles	11
Vaughn	9.0 miles	17
Crow	9.0 miles	11
Noti	11.4 miles	17
Walton	11.8 miles	13
Veneta	11.9 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130869. 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.