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Takilma, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Cave Junction census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97523. It lies near Sailor Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Takilma quadrangle. 423 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,576 feet above sea level.

Takilma within Josephine County

On record in Takilma

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Takilma grew from 378 to 423 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010378
2020423+45 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Takilma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 32 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
Natural45
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism32
Smoking15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Other causes13
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Fireworks3

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
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHAYSTACK
7 September 2017Natural2.0 acresRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestCRAZY PEAK
7 September 1994Smokingunder an acreGrants Pass UnitREDWOOD HWY. MP 33
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass Unit4 CORNERS
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestELDER
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestBYBEE # 1
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestBYBEE # 3
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestBYBEE # 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 100 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 100 workings within 5 miles of Takilma: 45 past producers, 21 occurrences, 14 producers, 11 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Zinc. 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
Allen ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
Bailey Mine/Waldo Area PlacersGold, PGEPast Producer
Cowboy MineCopper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Cobalt, Nickel, ArsenicPast Producer1900, 1903
Cowboy MineNickel, Copper, CobaltPast Producer1900, 1916
DaisyGold, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
Deep Gravel MineGold, Iridium, Osmium, PlatinumProducer1874
Esterley Chrome MineChromium, Iridium, Palladium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, PlatinumPast ProducerChromite
Esterley Chromite MineChromium, Uranium, PGEPast Producer
Esterley PlacerGold, Silver, Platinum, Chromium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, OsmiumProducerStream Placer
Lucky StrikeGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Josephine County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Takilma in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 flash flood. 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
September 2003Flash FloodTakilma-See below.

Every storm recorded in Josephine 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
Allentown (historical)0.6 miles17
Brown City (historical)2.6 miles17
O'Brien4.6 miles17
Bridgeview5.2 miles17
Althouse (historical)5.6 miles17
Browntown5.9 miles17
Holland6.8 miles17
Cave Junction7.8 miles17

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 TakilmaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925918The 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 1150841. 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.