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One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 2024 · category: Building · built in 1924.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Malmgren Garage
Built in 1924. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 111 Talent Avenue, Talent, 97540
- When was it listed? May 2024
- Category. building
- Census division. Ashland
- When was it built? 1924
- National Register reference number. 100010337 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Malmgren Garage between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,367 acres in total. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ALMEDA |
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Medford Unit | TALENT AVE |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | PP#D 12209 |
| 5 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medford Unit | GRIFFIN CREEK |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medford Unit | GRIFFIN CRK #2 |
| 26 September 2000 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Medford Unit | TURKEY CANNON |
| 23 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medford Unit | FRANK HILL |
| 22 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | TERRI DR. |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 70 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 70 workings within 5 miles of Malmgren Garage: 33 past producers, 15 occurrences, 11 prospects, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1886, 1901 | |
| Burdic Group | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Burris Prospect | Copper, Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Rhodonite | |
| Burris Prospect | Gold, Manganese, Copper | Prospect | 1958 | |
| Casey | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Casey | Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Columbine Claim | Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite | |
| Double Jack | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Double Jack Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Forty - Nine Diggings | Gold, Mercury | Past Producer | Placer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talent, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Hail | Talent | - | An orchardist from a orchard near Talent reported a 50% loss of the pear crop due to hail damage. Estimated hail size was 0.5 to 1.0 inches judging from holes in the ground. The monetary value of the loss is not known. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Talent | - | A spotter 2WSW Talent reported .75 inch hail with a thunderstorm. |
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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanscom Hall | under 500 feet | 1996 | |
| Talent Elementary School | 0.2 miles | 2012 | |
 | Beeson-Foss Ranch | 0.9 miles | 1999 |
 | Wagner Creek School | 2.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Patrick F. McManus House | 2.5 miles | 1978 |
 | George A. Hover House | 3.1 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010337 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.