Tiller, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Umpqua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97429. It stands on Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tiller quadrangle. It stands 1,089 feet above sea level.
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On record in Tiller
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 1 record
Tiller Ranger Stationlisted 1991
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1897 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1944 USGS Tiller quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Crater Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Tiller quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Tiller quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Tiller between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,642 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 8 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 | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Roseburg District | RONDEAU BUTTE |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RONDEAU BUTTE |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GOLDEN PIER |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Umpqua National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | DOMPIER CREEK |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | MILO #1 |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | RANCHO VST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Tiller: 15 occurrences, 14 past producers, 7 prospects, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Gold, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennel and Farmer Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| Pennell and Farmer Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Brown Pit Usfs | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Quarry Usfs | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Brownie Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brownie Quarry & Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cooper and Young Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Magnetite | |
| Goolaway Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Goolaway Quarry & Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hamlin Iron Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tiller in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Hail | Tiller | - | A member of the public reported golf-ball sized hail near Tiller. They uploaded a photo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Milo | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Perdue (historical) | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lavadoure (historical) | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Nugget (historical) | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Days Creek | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Anchor (historical) | 12.6 miles | 16 | |
| Gazley | 15.6 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 Tiller | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478036 | 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 1151223. 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.









