Perdue, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97429. It stands on Ash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Perdue within Douglas 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.

1904 USGS Riddle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Days Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Milo quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Canyonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1998 USGS Milo quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Perdue (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31,901 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 3 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
Natural	37
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Debris and open burning	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2017	Natural	under an acre	Roseburg District	SHIVELY CREEK
23 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	TILLER/TRAIL HIGHWAY
2 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	SHIVLEY CREEK
2 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Roseburg District	SHIVELY CR
2 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	MILO #1
2 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Roseburg District	CORN CRK
11 September 2010	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Douglas Forest Protective Association	DAYS BLAND
6 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	RILEY DRIVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Perdue (historical): 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Circle S Ranch	Manganese	Prospect
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lucky Cuss Claims	Mercury	Occurrence	1925
Lucky Cuss Claims	Mercury	Unknown
Miller	Gold	Occurrence
Miller Mine	Gold	Prospect
Rainy Day	Chromium	Past Producer	Chromite
Rainy Day Mine	Chromium	Past Producer
Sitting Duck	Manganese	Occurrence	Rhodonite
Unnamed 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
Milo	1.4 miles	17
Lavadoure (historical)	1.5 miles	17
Days Creek	5.7 miles	16
Tiller	6.6 miles	21
Nugget (historical)	7.2 miles	16
Anchor (historical)	7.7 miles	16
Gazley	9.0 miles	16
Drew	10.0 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1157119. 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.