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Rand, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Josephine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97532. It lies near Ash Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Galice quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Rand within Josephine County

On record in Rand

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Rand between 1992 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 64 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
Natural64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Fireworks5
Debris and open burning2
Firearms and explosives use1
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
5 September 2003Natural4.2 acresRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestTAYLOR CREEK # 2
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrants Pass Unit480 GALICE ROAD
28 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford DistrictGALICECRK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictRUM CREEK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictRUM CRK 2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitRUM CREEK # 2
24 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National Forestnot named
23 September 2012Smoking26 acresMedford DistrictGRAVE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 167 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 167 workings within 5 miles of Rand: 53 occurrences, 49 past producers, 31 prospects, 27 producers. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, 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
AlmedaGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, AntimonyPast Producer1899, 1905
AlmedaGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Black Bear MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Brass Ledge Quartz ClaimCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Quartz
Buffalo GroupGold, Copper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gold ProspectGold, StoneOccurrence
Golden Pheasant GroupMolybdenum, GoldOccurrenceGold, Molybdenite
J C L MineGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
J.C.L. MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerUnknown
Mayflower GroupSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Josephine 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
Galice1.9 miles15
Leland8.2 miles17
Hugo9.8 miles17
Three Pines10.2 miles17
Merlin10.4 miles17
Pleasant Valley11.0 miles17
Sunny Valley11.5 miles17
Wolf Creek12.2 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q117835856The 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 1148203. 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.