Rockland, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97443. It stands on Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glide quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rockland within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Glide quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Glide quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Rockland (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 574 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Natural	11
Debris and open burning	9
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Smoking	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	500 acres	Central Unit	FRENCH CREEK
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	GLIDE TRANSFER
4 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Roseburg District	NARROWS 2
28 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	BUCKHORN ROAD # 2
26 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Unit	THUNDER MOUNTAIN # 2
22 September 1993	Other causes	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	ROCKVIEW LANE
8 August 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	KLAHANEE LANE
6 August 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Douglas Forest Protective Association	LONE ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Rockland (historical): 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Buckhorn Limestone	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Buckhorn Limestone	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Glide Prospect	Mercury	Occurrence	1930
Glide Prospect	Mercury	Occurrence
Mowich Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mowich Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Casebeer Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hard Times	Chromium	Producer
Livingston Prospect	Chromium	Occurrence
Name Unknown	Chromium	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Peel	2.2 miles	17
Glide	2.8 miles	17
Idleyld Park	4.6 miles	17
Hoaglin (historical)	5.7 miles	17
North Umpqua Village	6.8 miles	11
Oak Creek (historical)	7.2 miles	16
Dixonville	9.9 miles	15
Buck Fork (historical)	11.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1638940. 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.