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One of 47 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Miller's Mountain House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1195 Roberts Mountain Rd., Roseburg, 97471
- When was it listed? October 1984
- Category. building
- Census division. Roseburg
- National Register reference number. 84000129 - 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
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Miller's Mountain House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 500 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | COON HOLLOW |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | K-BAR CANYON |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | HIS GLORY LN |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HOMESTEAD |
| 4 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 53 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CLARKS BRANCH COMPLEX |
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LOOKINGGLASS |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | HWY 99S |
| 29 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | I-5 MP 118 #2 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 80 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 80 workings within 5 miles of Miller's Mountain House: 46 past producers, 30 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Property | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Fisher Property | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Harrington Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Harrington Deposit | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Oregon Portland Cement Co | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon Portland Cement Co. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Oregon Portland Cement Co. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Boggs Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| C B Ranch Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| C B Ranch Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseburg, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseburg | $10,000 | The Roseburg newspaper reported that gusty winds caused damage throughout the area and two trees fell onto the Stewart Park bandshell in Roseburg. Power outages were also reported. |
| March 2025 | Flood | Roseburg | - | Deer Creek at Roseburg rose above minor flood stage of 10.0 ft. at 16/605 PST, peaked in minor flood stage at 16/1445 PST at 15.91 ft. It then fell below flood stage at 16/2250 PST. At 12.0 feet, Widespread flooding of structures and farmland is occurring. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Roseburg | - | Deer Creek at Roseburg rose above flood stage (10.0 feet) at 24/1730 PST, crested at 11.78 feet at 24/2030 PST, then fell below flood stage at 25/0430 PST. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Roseburg | - | Deer Creek exceeded the flood stage of 10.0 feet at 15/1500 PST, crested at 10.02 feet at 15/1530 PST, the fell below flood stage by 15/1600 PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William C. and Agnes Winston House | 1.1 miles | 1987 |
 | Henry Clay Smith House | 1.1 miles | 1997 |
| C. E. Moyer Nurseries Property | 1.8 miles | 1988 | |
| Bernard Pitzer Smith House | 4.3 miles | 1988 | |
 | Moses Parrott House | 5.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Dr. Robert R. and Mary Helen Mooers House | 5.9 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000129 in Record Group 79. |
| Douglas County | All 47 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.