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Steamboat, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Southwest Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97530. It stands on Steve Fork. The Survey maps it on the Carberry Creek quadrangle. It stands 2,503 feet above sea level.

Steamboat within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Steamboat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,759 acres in total. 76 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
Natural76
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestWHISKEY
5 September 2003Natural1.0 acresRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestLEWIS
5 September 1997Smokingunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestAPPLECORE
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Natural1.5 acresGrants Pass UnitTHOMPSON CREEK
26 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National Forestnot named
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitLITTLE HUMPY MT
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictHUMPY MTN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of Steamboat: 33 occurrences, 30 past producers, 20 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Chromium. 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
Antimony LodeAntimony, Silver, Tungsten, GoldOccurrencePyrite, Stibnite
Antimony ProspectAntimony, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Antimony ProspectAntimony, Silver, GoldProspect
Antimony ProspectsAntimony, Tungsten, Silver, GoldProspect
Blue Jay ProspectAntimony, Gold, ArsenicPast ProducerKermesite, Stibnite
Brown Town MinePGE, IronProspect
CharlotteGold, Silver, Lead, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
CharlotteGold, Silver, Manganese, LeadProspect
LarkspurManganese, IronOccurrenceRhodonite
Laurel ClaimsSilver, TungstenOccurrenceScheelite

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steamboat in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSteamboat-The Squaw Peak RAWS recorded a gust to 53 mph at 1739 PST and a gust to 75 mph at 1839 PST. These gusts were associated with the outflow from a nearby storm.

Every storm 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
Copper4.6 miles16
McKee Bridge7.7 miles16
Cameron (historical)12.1 miles16
Applegate12.7 miles16
Buncom12.9 miles22
Williams Creek (historical)13.5 miles16
Ruch14.1 miles16
Provolt14.7 miles16

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 SteamboatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368433The 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 1150371. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.