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.
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.
Moses Parrott Houselisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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
- 1955 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Roseburg East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional 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 use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.9 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SUMMIT DRIVE |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roseburg District | ORCHARD LANE |
| 9 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | GEM DRIVE |
| 7 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | LOOKINGGLASS ROAD #2 |
| 6 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | TOPAZ DRIVE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DAWSON RD |
| 3 September 2001 | Smoking | 3.9 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | NAVAJO DRIVE |
| 29 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | I-5 MP 118 #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 74 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boggs Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Christensen Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Compton Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cunningham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cunningham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dan Parker Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Green Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Looking Glass Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mt. Nebo Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Roseburg | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Calkins | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Edenbower | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Winston | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Riversdale | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Winchester | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Civil Bend (historical) | 6.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q114181730 | The 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.






