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Rice Hill, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Kellogg-Yoncalla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97462. The Survey maps it on the Yoncalla quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Rice Hill within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Rice Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural9
Other causes6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
9 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution81 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationGOODRICH HIGHWAY
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationHALO TRAIL
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersELKHEAD RD.
6 September 2008Other causesunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationI-5 MP 142 #2
6 September 2008Other causesunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationI-5 MP 142 #1
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCABIN CREEK
4 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersI-5 MP 153 SB
4 September 2000Debris and open burning1.2 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationRICE VALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Rice Hill: 11 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Unnamed PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cody-Long Quarry and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cody-Long Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hogan SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Gilmer QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Yoncalla4.1 miles10
Elkhead5.6 miles11
Calvert (historical)6.4 miles11
Old Town7.3 miles16
Oakland8.1 miles16
Drain8.4 miles10
Union Gap9.2 miles16
Fair Oaks9.3 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 Rice HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7323009The 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 1158447. 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.