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Tenmile, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Tenmile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97481. It lies near Porter Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tenmile quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Tenmile within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Tenmile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 4 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 use27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning20
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks6
Other causes6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3

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 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBENEDICT RD
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictBUZZ MOUNTAIN LANE
7 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreRoseburg DistrictCOURSEGOLD
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictSTRICKLAND CANYON
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictTEN MILE VALLEY
28 September 1997Smokingunder an acreRoseburg DistrictSUICIDE CR
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRoseburg DistrictSUTHERLIN HILL
25 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationSHIELDS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Tenmile: 10 producers, 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Fort KnoxCopperOccurrence
Ollala PlacersGold, SilverProducerPlacer
Byron LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Byron LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
FisherGoldOccurrencePlacer
Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Ollala PlacersGoldProspect
Unnamed ProspectGoldUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Looking Glass Cr.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Olalla2.1 miles11
Porter Creek2.5 miles11
Reston3.8 miles11
Brockway5.8 miles17
Lookingglass7.0 miles17
Camas Valley7.2 miles11
Dillard7.2 miles17
Civil Bend (historical)7.4 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 TenmileAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7699937The 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 1127929. 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.