Spikenard, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Northwest Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97503. It lies near Mill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Boswell Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spikenard within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1897 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
1943 USGS Trail quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Boswell Mtn quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Crater Lake quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Spikenard (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,289 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 15 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
Natural	44
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Arson/incendiarism	15
Debris and open burning	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Other causes	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Fireworks	2

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
9 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Medford District	ROCK SPRINGS
9 September 2000	Smoking	under an acre	Medford District	ANTIOCH 2
7 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SPRIGNETT BUTTE
7 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Medford District	SPRIGNETT BUTTE
6 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Medford District	MAPLE GULCH 2
6 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Medford Unit	MUSTY CREEK
6 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Medford Unit	RIGHT FIRE
5 September 2003	Natural	2.5 acres	Medford District	CHERRYFLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Spikenard (historical): 24 occurrences, 16 past producers, 11 prospects, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Uranium, Chromium, Manganese. 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
Chisholm Claims	Mercury, Manganese, Copper, Cobalt	Past Producer	1915, 1916
Hanson Ranch Uranium	Uranium, Tungsten, Vanadium, Thorium, Nickel, Cobalt	Occurrence
Shamrock	Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Platinum	Occurrence	1900
Shamrock Mine	Manganese, Nickel, Platinum, Copper, Cobalt	Prospect	1900
War Eagle	Mercury, Arsenic	Producer	1916, 1954
West Evans Creek Copper	Copper, Gold	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Mcculley Prospect	Graphite	Occurrence
Mcculley Prospect	Graphite, Uranium	Prospect
Raspberry Creek	Asbestos	Producer	Tremolite
Raspberry Creek	Asbestos	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Asbestos (historical)	4.0 miles	20
Beagle	5.4 miles	19
Etna (historical)	7.1 miles	19
Shady Cove	7.4 miles	19
Trail	8.0 miles	20
Sams Valley	8.2 miles	23
Rogue Elk	10.9 miles	20
Table Rock	11.1 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1159292. 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.