Quartz Mountain, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Lakeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97630. It stands on Quartz Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Quartz Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Fishhole Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Lakeview quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Quartz Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Quartz Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Quartz Mountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,650 acres in total. 84 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | HEART-376 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | SPATTER DOCK |
| 28 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | RAZOR |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Unit | BILL |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Unit | FUDD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Quartz Mountain: 6 past producers, 6 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opalite Mine | Mercury, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Quartz Mountain Gold Deposit | Mercury, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Quartz Mtn | Gold, Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry Mountain | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry Mountain | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quartz Mountain | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quartz Mountain Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Eighth Drilling Series | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Eighth Drilling Series | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Quartz Mountain | Gold | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaisdell | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Drews Valley (historical) | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Vistillas (historical) | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Yocum (historical) | 20.8 miles | 12 | |
| Five Corners | 22.3 miles | 10 | |
| West Side | 22.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lakeview | 26.5 miles | 10 | |
| Chewaucan (historical) | 27.9 miles | 12 |
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 Quartz Mountain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q131904536 | 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 1136663. 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.





