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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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Tiller within Douglas County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

94 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural48
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictRONDEAU BUTTE
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRONDEAU BUTTE
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGOLDEN PIER
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Natural1.2 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDOMPIER CREEK
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationMILO #1
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictRANCHO VST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pennel and Farmer ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Pennell and Farmer ProspectCopperProspect
Brown Pit UsfsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brown Quarry UsfsStonePast Producer
Brownie Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brownie Quarry & PlantStonePast Producer
Cooper and Young ProspectIronOccurrenceMagnetite
Goolaway Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Goolaway Quarry & PlantStonePast Producer
Hamlin Iron ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015HailTiller-A member of the public reported golf-ball sized hail near Tiller. They uploaded a photo.

Every storm 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
Drew4.2 miles21
Milo5.2 miles17
Perdue (historical)6.6 miles17
Lavadoure (historical)8.0 miles17
Nugget (historical)10.2 miles16
Days Creek12.1 miles16
Anchor (historical)12.6 miles16
Gazley15.6 miles16

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 TillerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478036The 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.