BlockFrom the record
One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Star Ranger Station
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. E of Applegate R., Rogue R. NF, Ruch, 97530
- When was it listed? March 1991
- Category. building
- Also known as. USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in Oregon and Washington Built by the CCC MPS
- Census division. Southwest Jackson
- National Register reference number. 91000168 - 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
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Star Ranger Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 7 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 | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Medford Unit | APPLEGATE RIVER |
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | UPPER APPLEGATE |
| 6 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | UPPER APPLEGATE RD. |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medford Unit | UPPER APPLEGATE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | FLUMET |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | 9 DOLLAR |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GROUSE CREEK |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | BOAZ |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Star Ranger Station: 23 past producers, 12 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applegate Dam | Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Applegate Dam | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Pan | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Yellowjacket | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite | |
| Yellowjacket | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Copus | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Copus Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Pan Group | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mcgrew Prospect | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruch, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruch | - | A 24 inch in diameter pine tree was snapped in half and took out a birch tree. Time based on radar estimate. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Ruch | - | A spotter 1 SSE Ruch reported 1 inch hail on Squires Peak at 07/1520 PST. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruch | - | See below. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruch | - | See below. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruch | - | See below. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruch | - | A Weather Spotter with an anemometer reported measuring a wind gust during a thunderstorm of 50 kt. No damage reports were received. |
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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Star Ranger Station Building, Old | under 500 feet | 2000 |
| McKee Bridge Campground | 1.6 miles | 2000 | |
| McKee Bridge | 1.8 miles | 1979 | |
 | Squaw Peak Lookout | 6.1 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000168 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.