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Wilbur, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sutherlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97470. It stands on Short Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winchester quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.

Wilbur within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Wilbur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 353 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 was 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 use34
Debris and open burning14
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOAKHILL RD. #2
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationSABLE DRIVE
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDEL RIO RD.
3 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral UnitWEYERHAEUSER DR.
28 September 1993Smokingunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationLOWER GARDEN VALLEY
26 September 2014Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH RIDGE WAY
26 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationNEWTON CREEK
24 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresCentral UnitNEWTON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Wilbur: 17 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Keller PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morgan SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Newton Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Short QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
KellerStonePast Producer
Morgan SiteStonePast Producer
Newton Creek PitStonePast 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
Winchester2.9 miles16
Sutherlin5.0 miles16
Stephens5.1 miles16
Riversdale5.7 miles16
Union Gap6.1 miles16
Edenbower6.4 miles17
Roseburg7.2 miles18
Oakland7.3 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 WilburAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8000147The 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 1166724. 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.