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Prosper, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bandon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97411. It lies near Peterson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Riverton quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Prosper within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Prosper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 961 acres in total. 11 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
Debris and open burning51
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony22
Natural11
Smoking11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism4

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
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationWHISKEY RUN
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use347 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH BANK LANE MM8
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationSEVENMILE CREEK
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBILL CREEK
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use57 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWHISKEY RUN
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCoos Forest Protective AssociationWHISKEY RUN
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitWINDHURST ROAD
3 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGold Beach UnitPROSPER JUNCTION ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Prosper: 35 past producers, 20 occurrences, 8 producers, 3 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bandon PlacerTitanium, MetalProducerChromite, Ilmenite, Zircon
Eagle MineGold, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum, ChromiumProducer1865
Eagle MineGold, Osmium, Platinum, Zirconium, IridiumPast Producer
Iowa MineGold, Platinum, ChromiumPast Producer1934
Iowa MineGold, Chromium, PlatinumPast Producer
Lane Extension MineGold, PGEOccurrence
Pioneer MineGold, Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, ChromiumPast Producer1866
Pioneer MineGold, PGE, IronPast Producer
The LagoonsChromium, Platinum, GoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
AllenManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Bullards1.2 miles20
Winterville1.6 miles21
Cranberry Corners1.7 miles20
Randolph1.7 miles21
Parkersburg1.7 miles21
Bandon2.7 miles21
Lampa (historical)5.1 miles21
Riverton5.3 miles21

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 ProsperAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7250859The 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 1136660. 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.