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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1908 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Ruch quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Carberry Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Carberry Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 76 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | WHISKEY |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | LEWIS |
| 5 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | APPLECORE |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Grants Pass Unit | THOMPSON CREEK |
| 26 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | LITTLE HUMPY MT |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | HUMPY MTN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 89 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony Lode | Antimony, Silver, Tungsten, Gold | Occurrence | Pyrite, Stibnite | |
| Antimony Prospect | Antimony, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Antimony Prospect | Antimony, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Antimony Prospects | Antimony, Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Blue Jay Prospect | Antimony, Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Kermesite, Stibnite | |
| Brown Town Mine | PGE, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Charlotte | Gold, Silver, Lead, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Charlotte | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Larkspur | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Rhodonite | |
| Laurel Claims | Silver, Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steamboat | - | 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| McKee Bridge | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cameron (historical) | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Applegate | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Buncom | 12.9 miles | 22 | |
| Williams Creek (historical) | 13.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ruch | 14.1 miles | 16 | |
| Provolt | 14.7 miles | 16 |
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 Steamboat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28368433 | The 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.







