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Mountain View Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Ashland, Oregon, in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 "in recognition of its historic significance and fine array of mortuary art and craftsmanship".”

Wikipedia article Mountain View Cemetery (Ashland, Oregon), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1995 · category: Site.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Jct. of Normal Ave. and OR 66, Ashland, 97520
  • When was it listed? June 1995
  • Category. site
  • Also known as. Historic Cemeteries of Ashland MPS
  • Census division. Ashland
  • National Register reference number. 95000688 - 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,116 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 14 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 use50
Natural42
Debris and open burning28
Recreation and ceremony24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Smoking10
Fireworks8
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersREITEN DR #3
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersREITEN DR #2
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use18 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDEAD INDIAN MEMORIAL #3
8 September 2020Arson/incendiarism3,200 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersALMEDA
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGUN CLUB(891EMIGRANTCRK)
8 September 1992Smokingunder an acreMedford UnitELKADER
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitTALENT AVE
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitPP#D 12209

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View Cemetery: 30 past producers, 16 producers, 9 occurrences, 9 prospects. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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
Ashland CoalCoal, SulfurOccurrence
Bratcher #10 ProspectGold, Copper, Silver, MolybdenumProspect
Bratcher No. 10Silica, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, SilverOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrite, Quartz
Burdic GroupGold, ManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Burdick GroupGold, ManganesePast Producer
Forty - Nine DiggingsGold, MercuryPast ProducerPlacer
GrowlerGold, Silver, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Growler MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Shorty HopeGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this property

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAshland-A former local weathercaster reported winds gusting 50-60 mph in Ashland.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindAshland-Numerous trees were broken or uprooted when the squall line went through. ODOT reported Oregon Highway 62 was closed by fallen trees. A house, shed, and mobile home in Rogue River were destroyed by falling trees. Another house was destroyed in Jacksonville.
August 2009HailAshland-Most of the hailstones were nickel sized, some were quarter sized. The larger ones measured 11/8 inches in diameter.
August 2009HailAshland-Golf ball size hail was reported at this location and time.
August 2007Flash FloodAshland-A member of the public reported that water in Hamilton creek at the corner of East Main and Clay Creek was one foot from bankfull and rising rapidly.|
August 2007HailAshland-An Ashland Emergency Manager reported large hail for a brief period in the late afternoon. This was the only report of severe hail among numerous reports of smaller hail, so it is assumed that the severe hail coverage was local and and period of time was brief.
August 2007Flash FloodAshland-A former spotter in South Ashland reported 3.05 inches of rain in this time interval.
August 2007Flash FloodAshland-A spotter in South Ashland reported one foot of water running over the intersection of Whiteman and Siskiyou.
May 2005HailAshland-A spotter 3SE Ashland reported 0.75 inch hail with a thunderstorm.
August 2003HailAshland-Spotter JA58 reported hail, the largest of which was golf ball size.
July 1998HailAshland-Thunderstorm produced dime size hail in north Ashland.
December 1996FloodAshland-small stream flooding was county wide
July 1995HailAshland-no account filed
July 1995HailAshland-no account filed
August 1993HailAshland-no account filed

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
John P. Walker House0.8 miles1978
Chappell-Swedenburg House0.9 miles1982
George Taverner House1.0 miles1978
Barclay-Klum House1.1 miles1990
Ashland Cemetery1.3 miles1995
Robert and Ruth Lucas House and Mary E. Rose House1.4 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95000688 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.