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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1908 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Grants Pass NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wilderville quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Wilderville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
369 since 1992Regional 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 use | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Natural | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 35 |
| Smoking | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Other causes | 15 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | REDWOOD HWY 7910 |
| 9 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | DUTCHY WAY 747 |
| 9 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | LEONARD ROAD |
| 9 September 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | SLEEPY HOLLOW LOOP |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | REDWOOD HWY 4444 |
| 8 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | RIVERBANKS # 3 |
| 7 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | I-5 MP 66 |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BOLT MTN 685 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 86 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Mtn. Quarry | Limestone, High Calcium | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Derick Berylium | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Josephine | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| L. E. J. Asbestos Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| L.E.J. Asbestos | Asbestos | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Waters Creek Aluminum Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Waters Creek Aluminum Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Marble Mountain Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Muck Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Muck Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Flood | Wilderville | - | 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 1999 | Flash Flood | Wilderville | - | Slade Creek at Wilderville reported out of banks and threatening a nearby road. |
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.
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 Wilderville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8001199 | 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 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.








