Tolo, Oregon
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Medford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97502. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sams Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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
- 1938 USGS Medford quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Medford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Medford NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Sams Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
297 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Tolo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 649 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 30 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 use | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Medford Unit | RR MP 449.5 |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | MAPLE LANE |
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Medford Unit | TOUVILLE PARK |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford Unit | WILLOW SPRINGS |
| 6 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Medford Unit | PP#12182 |
| 6 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Medford Unit | PP B10190 |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Medford Unit | BLACKWELL ROAD |
| 6 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Medford Unit | GOLD HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 200 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 200 workings within 5 miles of Tolo: 111 past producers, 43 producers, 28 occurrences, 16 prospects. 43 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanche Claim | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz | |
| Blanche Claim | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Braden Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Braden Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Dunromin | Gold, Silver, Lead | Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Dunromin Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Mine | Gold, Platinum, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1857 | |
| Gold Hill Pocket | Gold, Molybdenum, PGE | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Ray Granite | Granite, Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Gold Ray Granite | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tolo in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2012: 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Flood | Tolo | - | The Rogue River at Gold Ray exceeded flood stage during this interval. It crested at 12.23 feet at 02/1245 PST. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Tolo | - | This spotter also reported 0.80 inches of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Oaks | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Table Rock | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Gold Hill | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Central Point | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Dardanelles | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sams Valley | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Four Corners | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| White City | 6.0 miles | 24 |
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 Tolo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7814471 | 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 1136834. 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.










