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One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1880.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
W. H. Atkinson House
Built in 1880. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Atkinson, W. H., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 125 N. Main St., Ashland, 97520
- When was it listed? October 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Ashland
- When was it built? 1880
- National Register reference number. 79002063 - 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
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of W. H. Atkinson House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,133 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 11 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 | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DEAD INDIAN MEMORIAL #3 |
| 8 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ALMEDA |
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GUN CLUB(891EMIGRANTCRK) |
| 8 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Medford Unit | ELKADER |
| 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 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | JENSEN LN |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | TOLMAN CREEK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 87 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 87 workings within 5 miles of W. H. Atkinson House: 34 past producers, 21 occurrences, 16 prospects, 15 producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, 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 | |
| Ashland Coal | Coal, Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Bratcher #10 Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Bratcher No. 10 | Silica, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Pyrite, Quartz | |
| Burdic Group | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Burris Prospect | Copper, Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Rhodonite | |
| Burris Prospect | Gold, Manganese, Copper | Prospect | 1958 | |
| 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 |
Storms near this property
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | A former local weathercaster reported winds gusting 50-60 mph in Ashland. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Numerous trees were broken or uprooted when the squall line went through. ODOT reported Oregon Highway 62 was closed by fallen trees. A house, shed, and mobile home in Rogue River were destroyed by falling trees. Another house was destroyed in Jacksonville. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Ashland | - | Most of the hailstones were nickel sized, some were quarter sized. The larger ones measured 11/8 inches in diameter. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Ashland | - | Golf ball size hail was reported at this location and time. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Ashland | - | A member of the public reported that water in Hamilton creek at the corner of East Main and Clay Creek was one foot from bankfull and rising rapidly.| |
| August 2007 | Hail | Ashland | - | An Ashland Emergency Manager reported large hail for a brief period in the late afternoon. This was the only report of severe hail among numerous reports of smaller hail, so it is assumed that the severe hail coverage was local and and period of time was brief. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Ashland | - | A former spotter in South Ashland reported 3.05 inches of rain in this time interval. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Ashland | - | A spotter in South Ashland reported one foot of water running over the intersection of Whiteman and Siskiyou. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Ashland | - | A spotter 3SE Ashland reported 0.75 inch hail with a thunderstorm. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Ashland | - | Spotter JA58 reported hail, the largest of which was golf ball size. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Ashland | - | Thunderstorm produced dime size hail in north Ashland. |
| December 1996 | Flood | Ashland | - | small stream flooding was county wide |
| July 1995 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Isaac Woolen House | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Orlando Coolidge House | under 500 feet | 1980 |
 | Richard Posey Campbell House | under 500 feet | 1980 |
| Skidmore Academy Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2001 | |
 | G. M. and Kate Grainger House | 0.1 miles | 1990 |
 | IOOF Building | 0.1 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002063 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.