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Round Prairie, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Roseburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97457. It lies near Rainbow Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle Creek quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.

Round Prairie 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.

Fires near this place

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Round Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 415 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
Equipment and vehicle use56
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Other causes2

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
8 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationCOON HOLLOW
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationKENT CREEK
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationK-BAR CANYON
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationHIS GLORY LN
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHOMESTEAD
4 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use53 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLARKS BRANCH COMPLEX
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationHWY 99S
29 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersI-5 MP 118 #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Round Prairie: 34 past producers, 22 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Limestone, General. 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
A MineChromiumProducerChromite
A-MineChromiumPast Producer
Stuempges Copper ProspectCopperProspect
Stuempges ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Malachite
Fisher PropertyLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Fisher PropertyLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Harrington DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Harrington DepositLimestone, GeneralProspect
Oregon Portland Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Oregon Portland Cement Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1935

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
Civil Bend (historical)3.2 miles17
Dillard3.3 miles17
Winston3.3 miles17
Brockway4.8 miles17
Green5.0 miles18
Myrtle Creek6.2 miles17
Weaver6.4 miles17
Oaks6.9 miles18

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 Round PrairieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7371117The 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 1136712. 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.