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Mountain View, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Eagle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97524. It stands on Nichols Branch. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mountain View within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

322 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,302 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 14 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
Equipment and vehicle use106
Debris and open burning42
Power generation/transmission/distribution30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Natural24
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking21
Arson/incendiarism14
Fireworks12
Recreation and ceremony11
Other causes10
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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford Unit990 DUTTON
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford Unit1100 DUTTON
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford Unit1449 DUTTON
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMedford UnitDAHLIA TERRACE
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitANTELOPE/140
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitRILEY ROAD
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBALL RD 523
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictCHATEAU DR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View (historical): 39 past producers, 15 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Chromium. 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
Brownsboro Rock PitClayPast Producer
George A McleanChromiumOccurrence
George A. Mclean PropertyChromiumUnknown
140 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Greb PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grers Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hansen SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jenco/Little Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ryan, Cheney, & BatenStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tucker/Gilbert Shale PitStone, 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
Eagle Point1.5 miles24
Brownsboro4.8 miles21
White City5.2 miles24
Wellen (historical)5.3 miles24
Table Rock7.0 miles23
Etna (historical)7.2 miles19
Beagle7.5 miles19
Derby (historical)7.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1699659. 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.