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Rainbow, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the McKenzie River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97413. It stands on Lookout Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKenzie Bridge quadrangle. It stands 1,211 feet above sea level.

Rainbow within Lane County

On record in Rainbow

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Rainbow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 173,441 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 8 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
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined173,393 acresWillamette National ForestHOLIDAY FARM
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFCANE SLEEPER
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestINCIDENT 411
5 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFHORSE CREEK
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresWillamette National ForestCOUGAR
25 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestWHITE SMOKE
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWillamette National ForestLOOKOUT HUNTER
25 September 1995Natural1.0 acresWillamette National ForestWALKER TOO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Rainbow: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Silver. 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
Cougar ReservoirGeothermalOccurrence
Great WesternGold, SilverOccurrenceGold
Great Western MineGold, SilverProspect
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Melones Millions Nos 1,11,111Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Melones Millions Nos 1,11,111Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jry GroupGoldOccurrence
Jry GroupGoldProspect
Tri-MetalsGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lane 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
McKenzie Bridge3.9 miles16
Blue River5.6 miles15
Foley Springs7.4 miles16
Finn Rock8.2 miles15
Belknap Springs10.1 miles16
Nimrod10.6 miles15
Vida17.7 miles13
Leaburg23.7 miles12

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 RainbowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7284552The 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 1125779. 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.