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Rogue River Valley Grange No. 469

Built in 1923. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“Rogue River Valley Grange No. 469 was a historic Grange hall located at 2064 Upper River Road in Grants Pass, Oregon. It was built in 1923 in the bungalow craftsman style.”

Wikipedia article Rogue River Valley Grange No. 469, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 69 National Register listings published here for Josephine County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1923.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2064 Upper River Rd., Grants Pass, 97526
  • When was it listed? March 1992
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Grants Pass
  • When was it built? 1923
  • National Register reference number. 92000130 - 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

548 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 548 fires within 5 miles of Rogue River Valley Grange No. 469 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 375 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 18 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 use147
Debris and open burning78
Smoking62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Natural40
Other causes33
Fireworks33
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Recreation and ceremony31
Arson/incendiarism18
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Firearms and explosives use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMedford DistrictGRANITE HILL 3
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitVERTICAL DRIVE
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5 MP 55 OVERPASS #2
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHIGHLAND AVE
9 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGrants Pass UnitLEONARD ROAD
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersREDWOOD HWY 4444
8 September 2011Smoking2.5 acresGrants Pass UnitHILLCREST
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGrants Pass Unit2119 WILLIAMS HWY

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Rogue River Valley Grange No. 469: 27 past producers, 13 producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dry DigginsGold, SilverProducer
Jewett MineGold, Tellurium, Bismuth, Silver, Copper, ArsenicProducerAltaite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sylvanite, Tetradymite
Jewett MineGold, Arsenic, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Cal-Ore Power Co.NickelOccurrence
Cal-Ore Power Co.NickelUnknown
Derick BeryliumBerylliumProspect
Gold ChiefGold, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gold Chief MineGold, CopperPast Producer
JosephineBerylliumOccurrence
Unnamed P9itGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Josephine County

Storms near this property

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grants Pass, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 4 hail, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2012FloodGrants Pass$4,000,000Spotters reported up to five inches of rain along with localized flooding with this storm. Local roads near OBrien were flooded in four different places.
July 2007LightningGrants Pass$60,000The steeple of the Newman United Methodist Church was struck twice this day, damaging the steeple, windows, organ, and some other stuff. Damage amounted to $60,000.
June 2012HailGrants Pass-A thunderstorm in south Grants Pass dropped hail a little bigger than quarter sized...about 1 inch in diameter. Associated winds were 20 to 25 mph.
April 2005Heavy RainGrants Pass-A spotter 4 NNW of Grants Pass recorded 3.60 inches of rain in one hour ending at 1630 PDT.
April 2005Heavy RainGrants Pass-A spotter 2 N of Grants Pass recorded 2.00 inches of rain in one hour ending at 1630 PDT.
September 1997HailGrants Pass-1-1/4 inch hail.
September 1997HailGrants Pass-3/4-1 inch hail covered the ground.
September 1997HailGrants Pass-3/4 inch hail. Storm knocked out power to about 75 residences.
April 1998LightningGrants Pass-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Josephine County

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 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Edwin Newell House0.9 miles1979
Grant Pass City Hall and Fire Station1.1 miles1984
Claus and Hannchen Schmidt House1.2 miles2004
Amos E. Voorhies House1.2 miles1990
Herbert and Katherine Smith House1.2 miles1983
Grants Pass G Street Historic District1.2 miles1993

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92000130 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Josephine CountyAll 69 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.