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North Umpqua Village, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the North Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97447. It stands on Hogback Creek. The Survey maps it on the Old Fairview quadrangle.

North Umpqua Village within Douglas 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.

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of North Umpqua Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48,124 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 13 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
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined48,000 acresCentral UnitARCHIE - OR
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictHILL CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSHIVIGNY CR.
29 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral UnitNORTH UMPQUA
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral UnitTHUNDER MOUNTAIN # 2
24 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreRoseburg DistrictLITTLERIVR
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg District138 E MP 23
20 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationHOGBACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of North Umpqua Village: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, 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
HolmsStonePast Producer
Holms PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Livingston ProspectChromiumOccurrence
Peel ChromiteChromiumProspect
Peel ProspectsChromiumOccurrenceChromite

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Hoaglin (historical)3.7 miles17
Idleyld Park4.1 miles17
Peel5.3 miles17
Rockland (historical)6.8 miles17
Glide8.0 miles17
Steamboat11.8 miles12
Hawthorne12.6 miles16
Oak Creek (historical)13.8 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.

Wikidata item Q122558606The 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 1162704. 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.