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One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · built in 1900.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Frank E. Bybee House
Built in 1900. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Bybee, Frank E., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 4491 Jacksonville Hwy., Jacksonville, 97501
- When was it listed? December 1981
- Category. building
- Census division. Medford
- When was it built? 1900
- National Register reference number. 81000492 - 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
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Frank E. Bybee House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 6 |
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 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTH STAGE 4760 |
| 9 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 238 (3788) |
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | RESERVOIR PEAK FIRE |
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | STERLING CREEK PP#172505 |
| 6 September 1996 | Other causes | under an acre | Medford Unit | LIVINGSTON RD |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | KANE CREEK |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD STAGE RD 4609 |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | S. STAGE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 136 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 136 workings within 5 miles of Frank E. Bybee House: 76 past producers, 34 producers, 12 occurrences, 12 prospects. 34 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Quarry | Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Opp | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tellurium | Producer | Vein | |
| Opp Mine | Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Town Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Jacksonville Brick & Tile | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Jacksonville Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Norling Mine | Gold, Silver | Producer | Vein | |
| Revenue Pocket | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Beeman Limestone | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Beeman Limestone | Limestone, General | Prospect |
Storms near this property
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksonville, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Jacksonville | - | Flooding was reported above Highway 238 near Jacksonville. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksonville | - | Spotter reported numerous trees blown over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Hanley Farmstead | 0.9 miles | 1983 | |
 | William Bybee House | 1.2 miles | 1977 |
 | Walter Bowne House | 1.3 miles | 1990 |
| Carpenter, A.S.V., and Helen Bundy House | 1.4 miles | 2005 | |
 | Jacksonville Historic District | 1.5 miles | 1966 |
 | John Orth House | 1.5 miles | 1972 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000492 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.