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Rogue Elk, Oregon

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Shady Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97541. It stands on Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trail quadrangle. It stands 1,486 feet above sea level.

Rogue Elk within Jackson County

On record in Rogue Elk

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

10 surveys from 20 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Rogue Elk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 6 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
Natural62
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony13
Other causes11
Fireworks9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking6
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2002Other causesunder an acreMedford UnitCHAUMA
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitINDIAN CREEK
8 September 2015Other causesunder an acreMedford DistrictSHADY TRAIL
6 September 2015Firearms and explosives useunder an acreMedford DistrictBUCK ROCK
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictSOWELL DR
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictINDIANLK
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitDYER FIRE
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitLEFT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Rogue Elk: 16 occurrences, 8 prospects, 6 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Beryllium. 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
Gaines PropertyClayOccurrenceSedimentary
Gaines PropertyClayProducer
Roger's Cinnabar PropertiesClayPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Butte FallsBerylliumOccurrence
Butte FallsBerylliumOccurrence
Elk Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Elk Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fabricators QuarryStonePast Producer
Kindschi QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Trail2.9 miles20
McLeod3.8 miles20
Shady Cove4.5 miles19
Etna (historical)5.5 miles19
Derby (historical)6.6 miles18
Asbestos (historical)9.5 miles20
Edsalla (historical)10.3 miles18
Cascade Gorge10.8 miles19

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 Rogue ElkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28185121The 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 1159019. 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.