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Ophir, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Gold Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97444. It stands on Euchre Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ophir quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Ophir within Curry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Ophir between 1992 and 2014, burning about 103 acres in total. 2 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitTAMS MILL
27 August 2011Other causesunder an acreGold Beach UnitNESIKA LANE
2 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitHARDTACK ROAD
16 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitARIZONA BEACH
14 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGold Beach UnitNESIKA ROAD
1 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitEUCHRE CREEK
22 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGold Beach UnitHILLSIDE ACRES
17 July 2009Naturalunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictEUCHER CK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Curry 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 Ophir: 10 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, 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
ClarnoMercury, GoldOccurrencePlacer
Clarno ProspectMercury, GoldUnknown
Kalamazoo Beach PlacerChromium, GoldProducerPlacer
Parker Electromagnetic Machine ProjGold, PGE, ChromiumProspect
Parker Electromagnetic Machine ProjectGold, Platinum, ChromiumPast ProducerBeach Placer
Floyd D. SmithSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Floyd D. SmithSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kalamazoo Beach PlacerGold, ChromiumPast Producer
Otter Point BeachChromiumOccurrence
Buffington PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Curry 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
Nesika Beach4.2 miles17
Bagnell Ferry6.7 miles11
Jerrys Flat (historical)7.6 miles11
Wedderburn9.4 miles11
Knoxville (historical)9.4 miles11
Gold Beach10.9 miles11
Hunter Creek12.3 miles11
Port Orford14.0 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on OphirAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7097981The 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 1147252. 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.