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Randolph, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coquille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97411. It stands on Hultin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverton quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Randolph 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Randolph between 1992 and 2020, burning about 968 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 5 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 burning42
Equipment and vehicle use25
Recreation and ceremony18
Natural12
Smoking12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCoos Forest Protective AssociationBEAVER SLOUGH
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH BANK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 70 workings within 5 miles of Randolph: 34 past producers, 24 occurrences, 7 producers, 5 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Gold, Platinum. 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
Eagle MineGold, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum, ChromiumProducer1865
Eagle MineGold, Osmium, Platinum, Zirconium, IridiumPast Producer
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
AllensManganeseOccurrence
Eagle Mine CoquilleGold, ChromiumPast ProducerPlacer

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
Prosper1.7 miles21
Parkersburg1.9 miles21
Bullards2.4 miles20
Winterville3.1 miles21
Cranberry Corners3.4 miles20
Bandon4.4 miles21
Riverton4.4 miles21
Leneve5.1 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 RandolphAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17515214The 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 1158438. 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.