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Rogue River Ranch

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“The Rogue River Ranch is a pioneer farm complex in Curry County in southwest Oregon, United States. The ranch is located on the north shore of the Rogue River just outside the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.”

Wikipedia article Rogue River Ranch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Curry County · listed in 1975 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. E of Agness near confluence of Mule Creek and Rogue River, Agness, 97406
  • When was it listed? December 1975
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Agness
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 75001581 - 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

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Rogue River Ranch between 1994 and 2017, burning about 14,940 acres in total. 27 started naturally. None 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
Natural27
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitLONG GULCH
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLONG GUL 2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictMISSOURI2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictQUAIL CRK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGrants Pass UnitQUAIL CREEK
28 September 1994Natural21 acresMedford DistrictQUAIL CRK2
2 August 2015Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestSHASTA COSTA
16 August 2008Natural2.0 acresMedford DistrictWINKLE BAR

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Rogue River Ranch: 21 prospects, 14 past producers, 14 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
DinawadjaGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
MammothCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Mule Mtn.Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Old Red MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadOccurrenceArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Old Red MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadProspect
High Foggy Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
High Foggy Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
KeystoneGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
MammothGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
MarigoldGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Malachite

Every working recorded in Curry County

Storms near this property

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agness, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2024FloodAgness-The Rogue River Near Agness rose above minor flood stage of 17.0 ft. at 29/800 PST, peaked in minor flood stage at 29/2245 PST at 21.87 ft. At this level, the main impacts are to campgrounds and recreation areas. The river then fell below flood stage at 30/1130 PST.
December 2012FloodAgness-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded flood stage during this interval. It crested at 19.10 feet at 03/0000 PST.
December 2012FloodAgness-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded flood stage during this interval. It crested at 17.52 feet at 05/1700 PST.
December 2006FloodAgness-The Rogue River at Agness exceeded its flood stage of 17.0 feet during this interval. The river crested at 20.82 feet at 26/1530 PST.

Every storm recorded in Curry County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75001581 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Curry CountyAll 12 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.