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Table Rock, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sams Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97502. It stands on Modoc Slough. The Survey maps it on the Sams Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.

Table Rock 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Table Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 19 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 use84
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking15
Other causes13
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks6
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMedford UnitDAHLIA TERRACE
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 1993Smokingunder an acreMedford UnitW DUTTON
6 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMedford UnitMODOC ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 120 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 120 workings within 5 miles of Table Rock: 78 past producers, 32 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects. 32 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
Gold Ray GraniteGranite, ClayPast ProducerClay
Gold Ray GraniteGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HeathSilver, GoldOccurrencePyrite
Heath PropertyGold, Silver, ChromiumProspect
Ideal Cement Co.Limestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Ideal Cement Co.Limestone, General, ClayProducer
MillionaireSilver, Copper, Lead, ManganeseOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sylvanite
Millionaire MineGold, Manganese, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Nellie WrightGold, Copper, Silver, Uranium, LeadProspect
BowdenGold, SilverPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Table Rock in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 1 flood, 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindTable Rock$150,000Strong winds downed 13 110 ft. tall wooden power poles along Highway 238 between Central Point and Jacksonville. A car was totaled after it drove into one of the poles. There were many fallen trees and limbs, which damaged 3 vehicles in Central Point. Power lines also were downed along Table Rock Rd. in Medford.
December 2016FloodTable Rock-An NWS employee reported standing water on Table Rock Road near TouVelle park. A spotter reported 3 mobile homes were surrounded by 1.5 feet of water at Elmhurst Street between Table Rock Road and Pinehurst Road.

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
White City3.0 miles24
Tolo3.6 miles23
Seven Oaks4.3 miles23
Sams Valley4.3 miles23
Four Corners4.5 miles23
Central Point5.2 miles23
Beagle5.8 miles19
Eagle Point6.0 miles24

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 Table RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28368445The 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 1136812. 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.