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Wilderville, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Wilderville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97527. It lies near Knights Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wilderville quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.

Wilderville within Josephine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

369 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 369 fires within 5 miles of Wilderville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 17 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 use70
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Natural43
Recreation and ceremony35
Smoking34
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Arson/incendiarism17
Other causes15
Fireworks12
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictREDWOOD HWY 7910
9 September 2007Smokingunder an acreGrants Pass UnitDUTCHY WAY 747
9 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGrants Pass UnitLEONARD ROAD
9 September 1999Other causesunder an acreGrants Pass UnitSLEEPY HOLLOW LOOP
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersREDWOOD HWY 4444
8 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrants Pass UnitRIVERBANKS # 3
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5 MP 66
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBOLT MTN 685

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Wilderville: 55 producers, 21 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects. 55 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Marble Mtn. QuarryLimestone, High CalciumPast ProducerLimestone
Derick BeryliumBerylliumProspect
JosephineBerylliumOccurrence
L. E. J. Asbestos MineAsbestosPast Producer
L.E.J. AsbestosAsbestosProducerMetamorphic
Waters Creek Aluminum ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Waters Creek Aluminum ProspectAluminumProspect
Marble Mountain QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Muck LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Muck LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Josephine County

Storms near this place

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilderville in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2016FloodWilderville-A spotter in Selma reported standing water on roads and overflowing creeks at 17/1303 PST. A spotter 5NNW Wilderville reported that a stream behind the house flooded a pasture and that the water was about a foot away from the Fort Vannoy Elementary school fence at 17/1545 PST. At least one street in Grants Pass was closed due to flooding.
February 1999Flash FloodWilderville-Slade Creek at Wilderville reported out of banks and threatening a nearby road.

Every storm recorded in Josephine 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
Wonder3.8 miles18
Redwood5.0 miles18
New Hope5.4 miles17
Murphy7.5 miles17
Grants Pass8.3 miles19
Dryden8.6 miles18
Fruitdale8.9 miles19
Merlin9.6 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 WildervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8001199The 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 1152356. 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.