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Peel, Oregon

17 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 97443. It stands on Engels Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glide quadrangle. It stands 833 feet above sea level.

Peel within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Peel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 4 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes1

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
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictNARROWS 2
29 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral UnitNORTH UMPQUA
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationBUCKHORN ROAD # 2
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
22 September 1993Other causesunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationROCKVIEW LANE
1 September 2016Smokingunder an acreRoseburg DistrictWOLF CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Peel: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Livingston ProspectChromiumOccurrence
Mowich Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mowich Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Casebeer QuarryStonePast Producer
Casebeer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
HolmsStonePast Producer
Holms PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
WeyerhauserStonePast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rockland (historical)2.2 miles17
Idleyld Park4.5 miles17
Glide4.7 miles17
North Umpqua Village5.3 miles11
Hoaglin (historical)5.4 miles17
Oak Creek (historical)9.3 miles16
Dixonville11.6 miles15
Buck Fork (historical)11.8 miles15

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 PeelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7160198The 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 1136618. 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.