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Seven Oaks, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Medford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97502. It stands on Griffin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sams Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.

Seven Oaks within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Seven Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 13 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 use44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning23
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking9
Other causes8
Fireworks7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2004Railroad operations and maintenance12 acresMedford UnitRR MP 449.5
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitTOUVILLE PARK
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford UnitWILLOW SPRINGS
6 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMedford UnitPP#12182
6 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresMedford UnitPP B10190
6 September 1996Other causesunder an acreMedford UnitLIVINGSTON RD
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresMedford UnitBLACKWELL ROAD
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD STAGE RD 4609

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 173 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 173 workings within 5 miles of Seven Oaks: 100 past producers, 47 producers, 14 occurrences, 9 prospects. 47 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Blanche ClaimGold, Copper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz
Blanche ClaimGold, Silver, CopperProspect
DunrominGold, Silver, LeadProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Dunromin MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Gold Ray GraniteGranite, ClayPast ProducerClay
Gold Ray GraniteGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Granite QuarryStone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
MillionaireSilver, Copper, Lead, ManganeseOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sylvanite
Millionaire MineGold, Manganese, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Nellie WrightGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, UraniumOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite

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
Central Point1.6 miles23
Four Corners2.8 miles23
Tolo2.8 miles23
Table Rock4.3 miles23
Perrydale (historical)4.7 miles23
White City5.2 miles24
Bybee Corner5.2 miles23
Medford5.6 miles23

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 Seven OaksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368453The 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 1166710. 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.