Wolf Creek, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Upper Siuslaw River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97487. It stands on Elkhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the High Point quadrangle.

Wolf Creek within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1942 USGS Crow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1945 USGS Crow quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1984 USGS High Point quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony	23
Debris and open burning	16
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Natural	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Other causes	3
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Firearms and explosives use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	HIGH POINT
30 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Western Lane District	UPPER SWAMP
28 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.6 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	TIMBER RIDGE
26 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	WOLF POINT
26 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Western Lane District	HUNGRY PANTHER
22 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Western Lane District	JOB FIRE
21 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Northwest Oregon District	PANTHER1
20 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Western Lane District	STURTEVANT ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Creek: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Wolf Creek	Stone	Past Producer
	Wolf Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Lane 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hadleyville	3.5 miles	11
Crow	3.6 miles	11
Mound (historical)	5.4 miles	11
Vaughn	6.0 miles	17
Alma	6.5 miles	11
Veneta	7.0 miles	18
Elmira	8.1 miles	18
Noti	8.4 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130854. 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.