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Wolf Creek, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Northwest Josephine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97497. It stands on Coyote Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.

Wolf Creek within Josephine County

On record in Wolf Creek

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,431 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 7 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 use59
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Other causes8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Firearms and explosives use1
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
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationTUNNEL ROAD
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictTUNNEL ROAD
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBROWN STREET
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitRAILROAD AVE 851
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresGrants Pass UnitI-5 MP 78
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use17 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationSTAGECOACH PASS # 1
5 September 2000Other causesunder an acreGrants Pass UnitNORTH FRONTAGE RD.
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictI 5 MP 75

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Creek: 25 past producers, 13 occurrences, 12 producers, 11 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Horseshoe LodeGold, Silver, Copper, Manganese, TelluriumProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite
Horseshoe LodeGold, Tellurium, Silver, Manganese, CopperPast Producer
Macabee MineGold, Copper, SilverProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Grave Creek PlacerGold, SilverProducerPlacer
Grave Creek PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer
Ninemile Quarry & PlantStonePast Producer
Ninemile Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Porphyry GroupGold, SilverProspect
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Golden3.5 miles17
Sunny Valley4.0 miles17
Leland4.6 miles17
Greenback (historical)5.3 miles17
Speaker5.6 miles17
Placer6.1 miles17
Hugo7.7 miles17
Three Pines9.0 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 Wolf CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3710338The 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 1166728. 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.