Oak Creek, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97470. The Survey maps it on the Oak Creek Valley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oak Creek within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Glide quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Oak Creek Valley quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Oak Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning	21
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Natural	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Other causes	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	2
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Douglas Forest Protective Association	SABLE DRIVE
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	GLIDE TRANSFER
3 September 2011	Other causes	under an acre	Central Unit	BREEZY LN.
29 September 2000	Other causes	1.0 acres	Douglas Forest Protective Association	KESTER RIDGE
28 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	BUCKHORN ROAD # 2
26 September 1999	Fireworks	1.5 acres	Douglas Forest Protective Association	MOOREA DR. #1
25 September 2015	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	KESTER RD.
20 September 2007	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Central Unit	NORTH BANK ROAD #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Oak Creek (historical): 8 past producers, 8 producers, 4 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Buckhorn Limestone	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Buckhorn Limestone	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Glide Prospect	Mercury	Occurrence	1930
Glide Prospect	Mercury	Occurrence
Hard Times	Chromium	Producer
Name Unknown	Chromium	Producer
Compton Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Kester Road Upper Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Short Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Umpqua Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dixonville	4.4 miles	15
Glide	6.2 miles	17
Rockland (historical)	7.2 miles	17
Winchester	7.8 miles	16
Roseburg	7.9 miles	18
Wilbur	8.0 miles	16
Peel	9.3 miles	17
Edenbower	9.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1132913. 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.