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Provolt, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 97544. It lies near Spanish Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Applegate quadrangle. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.

Provolt within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

239 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Provolt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 979 acres in total. 51 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
Equipment and vehicle use53
Natural51
Debris and open burning34
Power generation/transmission/distribution24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Smoking16
Fireworks12
Recreation and ceremony10
Other causes10
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitWILLIAMS HWY 12900
8 September 1997Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrants Pass UnitP.P. F816
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictRFOOTCRK2
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHUMBUG CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictFIELDS ROAD
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictMISSOURIFL
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitTHOMPSON CREEK #2
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitSLAGLE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 128 workings within 5 miles of Provolt: 64 past producers, 24 prospects, 20 occurrences, 17 producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, 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
BrinerAntimony, Tungsten, IronOccurrence
Briner PropertyAntimony, Tungsten, IronProspect
Chrome ProspectGold, ChromiumPast Producer
Gammill ProspectsGold, Silver, LeadOccurrence1865
Gray Rock ExtensionGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Highland ClaimGold, PlatinumOccurrenceGold
HumdingerGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Humdinger MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Oregon BeautyIron, GoldOccurrenceGold
Oregon Bonanza MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite

Every working 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
Williams Creek (historical)1.4 miles16
Applegate3.9 miles16
Draper (historical)7.5 miles16
Foots Creek9.4 miles16
Ruch10.6 miles16
Rogue River10.7 miles16
Cameron (historical)11.6 miles16
Dardanelles13.4 miles16

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 ProvoltAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7252810The 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 1125682. 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.