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Photograph of Wagner Creek School
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Wagner Creek School

Built in 1929 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1929, Colonial Revival architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 8448 Wagner Creek Rd., Talent, 97540
  • When was it listed? October 1992
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Southwest Jackson
  • When was it built? 1929
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 92001331 - 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Wagner Creek School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,512 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 8 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
Natural58
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks5
Other causes5
Firearms and explosives use3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2020Arson/incendiarism3,200 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersALMEDA
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitTALENT AVE
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitPP#D 12209
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictARRASTRA CREEK
5 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedford UnitGRIFFIN CREEK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitWAGNER BUTTE
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreRogue River-Siskiyou National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMedford UnitANDERSON BUTTE

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Wagner Creek School: 37 past producers, 23 occurrences, 15 prospects, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Manganese. 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
Ashland MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1886, 1901
Bratcher #10 ProspectGold, Copper, Silver, MolybdenumProspect
Bratcher No. 10Silica, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, SilverOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrite, Quartz
Burdic GroupGold, ManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Burris ProspectCopper, Gold, ManganeseOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Rhodonite
Burris ProspectGold, Manganese, CopperProspect1958
CaseyGold, Silver, LeadProspect
Columbine ClaimGold, Copper, Silver, ManganeseOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite
Double JackSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast Producer1870
Double Jack MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this property

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talent, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013HailTalent-An orchardist from a orchard near Talent reported a 50% loss of the pear crop due to hail damage. Estimated hail size was 0.5 to 1.0 inches judging from holes in the ground. The monetary value of the loss is not known.
May 2005HailTalent-A spotter 2WSW Talent reported .75 inch hail with a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Beeson-Foss Ranch1.4 miles1999
Hanscom Hall2.2 miles1996
Malmgren Garage2.2 miles2024
Talent Elementary School2.4 miles2012
Hargadine Cemetery3.3 miles1998
S. and Sarah J. Pedigrift House3.6 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001331 in Record Group 79.
Jackson CountyAll 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.