Plum Trees, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Port Orford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97476. It stands on Bea Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Butler quadrangle. It stands 217 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1899 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Langlois quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mount Butler quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Mount Butler quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Plum Trees between 1993 and 2019, burning about 144 acres in total. 3 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 burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SIXES CEDAR |
| 29 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Gold Beach Unit | SIXES RIVER |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | ELEPHANT ROCK |
| 8 August 2008 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | SMALL CREEK |
| 31 August 1993 | Other causes | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | CRYSTAL CREEK |
| 28 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.7 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SIXES RIVER |
| 26 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EDSON BUTTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Plum Trees: 17 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolphson & Nodine | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Corbin | Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Corbin Property | Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium | Past Producer | ||
| Crystal Creek | Chromium, Platinum, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Divelbiss #2 | Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Mercury | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Divelbliss #2 | Gold, Platinum, Mercury, Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Sixes River Placers | Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Mercury, Iridium | Producer | Placer | |
| Sixes River Placers | Gold, Iridium, PGE, Mercury, Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Sixes River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixes | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Denmark | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Port Orford | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Langlois | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Eckley (historical) | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeport (historical) | 9.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ophir | 17.4 miles | 17 | |
| Illahe | 20.4 miles | 18 |
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 Plum Trees | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28153519 | 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 1147806. 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.








