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One of 123 National Register listings published here for Lane County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Creswell Public Library and Civic Improvement Club Clubhouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 195 S. 2nd St., Creswell, 97426
- When was it listed? January 2008
- Category. building
- Census division. Creswell
- National Register reference number. 07001508 - 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
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Creswell Public Library and Civic Improvement Club Clubhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DAVISSON ROAD |
| 27 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Western Lane District | OAK FIRE |
| 18 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ENTERPRISE FIRE |
| 17 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Western Lane District | SCHAREN ROAD |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | VINE MAPLE |
| 14 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Western Lane District | HOWE ROAD |
| 10 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WITCHER FIRE |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | SEARS ROAD |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Creswell Public Library and Civic Improvement Club Clubhouse: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O & C Land | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| O&C Lands | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sears Road Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sears Road Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Creswell Airport | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Creswell Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Creswell, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2010: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Creswell | 1 hurt, $10,500 | Tornado was only in Creswell. |
| December 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Creswell | - | On December 29th at 03:30 PM PST, a thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud, dime size hail and strong winds. A few trees and branches were blown down. |
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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen | 5.5 miles | 1991 |
 | Dorris Ranch | 7.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Cochran-Rice Farm Complex | 7.8 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07001508 in Record Group 79. |
| Lane County | All 123 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.