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Pinehurst, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Southeast Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97520. It stands on Corral Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parker Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,373 feet above sea level.

Pinehurst within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Pinehurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,732 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 1 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
Natural56
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Other causes3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBOX D
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictFREDENBURG SPRINGS
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFREDENBURG SPRINGS
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPINEHURST
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPARKER CREEK
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitW. PARKER
30 September 2000Smokingunder an acreMedford DistrictPINEHURST
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestDOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pinehurst: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice. 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
BullardStonePast Producer
Weyerhauser Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
Bullard PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weyerhauser Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinehurst in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2008HailPinehurst-A fire crew working a wildfire at NW Baldy Buttes 3E Howard Prairie reported nickel size hail at T38 R5 SEC8. 0.50 inch hail was reported at 18/1620 PDT at nearby Fish Lake Resort. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for this storm at 17/1551 PDT, effective from 17/1551 until 17/1615 PDT. The area covered was east central Jackson and southwest Klamath counties. A new warning was issued for this storm at 17/1614 PDT, effective from 17/1614 until 17/1700 PDT. The area covered was east central Jackson and west central Klamath counties. The warning expired at 17/1700 PDT.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Mountain View1.0 miles19
Lincoln2.1 miles19
Buckhorn Springs8.8 miles24
Barron (historical)13.0 miles22
Colestin15.7 miles23
Climax18.2 miles21
Ashland19.0 miles22
Talent24.1 miles22

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 PinehurstAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195501The 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 1125418. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.