Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“The Prospect Hotel, also known as the A. Boothby House, in Prospect, Oregon, is two-story hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Prospect Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Prospect Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 12 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 | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | PROSPECT |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MILL CREEK MP 2 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SVINTH CREEK |
| 30 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Medford Unit | RED BLANKET #2 |
| 30 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | LARSON CREEK |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | SCHOOL MARM CREEK |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | RIVER BRIDGE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Prospect Hotel: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lost Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Boise Cascade | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boise Cascade | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prospect, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Hail | Prospect | - | Hail 1.0 inch in diameter was reported at the ODOT station 1 N Prospect. Trees were down as well. A Pacificorp employee who works at 1111 Mill Creek Drive in Prospect (about 1 mile southwest of downtown Prospect) reported 1 inch hail between 1515 PDT and 1520 PDT. The hail caused thousands of dollars of damage to 9 work vehicles and 4 personal vehicles. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prospect | - | Multiple trees down along with numerous limbs. Times estimated from radar returns. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prospect | - | Multiple trees down along with numerous limbs. Time estimated from radar returns. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Prospect | - | Hail measured from residual piles along the road roughly 20 hours after the event. Time estimated from radar returns. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prospect | - | KDRV-TV reported a large tree was blown down, closing Highway 62 until it was cleared. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Prospect | - | Widespread 1 inch hail and heavy rain reported in the Prospect area. |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80003327 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jackson County | All 154 listed properties in this county. |
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