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One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1943.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Squaw Peak Lookout
Built in 1943. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Approx. 8 mi. south of FS Rd. 20, 25 mi. south of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, 97530
- When was it listed? December 2000
- Category. building
- Also known as. US Forest Service Historic Structures on the Rogue River National Forest MPS
- Census division. Southwest Jackson
- When was it built? 1943
- National Register reference number. 00000512 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Squaw Peak Lookout between 1992 and 2020, burning about 509 acres in total. 95 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 95 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medford Unit | UPPER APPLEGATE |
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | WATERS GULCH |
| 4 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | LICK GULCH |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Medford Unit | BEAVER CREEK #2 |
| 28 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | GROUSE CRK |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Squaw Peak Lookout: 15 past producers, 14 occurrences, 10 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Copper, Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Magnetite Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Applegate Dam | Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Applegate Dam | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Grubstake | Silver, Molybdenum, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Grubstake Mine | Gold, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Squaw Creek Copper | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Squaw Creek Copper | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Bonnie Asbestos | Asbestos | Occurrence | Asbestos | |
| Bonnie Asbestos | Asbestos | Prospect | ||
| Haskins & Traverso | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this property
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksonville, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Jacksonville | - | Flooding was reported above Highway 238 near Jacksonville. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | Spotter reported numerous trees blown over. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKee Bridge | 5.0 miles | 1979 | |
| McKee Bridge Campground | 5.1 miles | 2000 | |
 | Star Ranger Station Building, Old | 6.1 miles | 2000 |
 | Star Ranger Station | 6.1 miles | 1991 |
 | Dutchman Peak Lookout | 6.5 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000512 in Record Group 79. |
| Jackson County | All 154 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.