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Oaks, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Roseburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97471. It sits by Shady Point. The Survey maps it on the Roseburg East quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.

Oaks within Douglas County

On record in Oaks

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 480 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 use20
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Other causes6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1

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 2020Recreation and ceremony2.9 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSUMMIT DRIVE
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictORCHARD LANE
9 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationGEM DRIVE
7 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationLOOKINGGLASS ROAD #2
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTOPAZ DRIVE
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDAWSON RD
3 September 2001Smoking3.9 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationNAVAJO DRIVE
29 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersI-5 MP 118 #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Oaks: 45 past producers, 29 producers. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Boggs SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Christensen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Compton Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cunningham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cunningham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dan Parker PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Green QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Looking Glass QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Morgan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mt. Nebo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Green1.9 miles18
Roseburg2.3 miles18
Calkins3.4 miles17
Edenbower3.4 miles17
Winston5.2 miles17
Riversdale6.2 miles16
Winchester6.4 miles16
Civil Bend (historical)6.5 miles17

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 Q114181730The 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 1136595. 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.