BlockFrom the record
One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Beeson-Foss Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The listing
- Listed as. Beeson--Foss Ranch - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 6371 Wagner Creek Rd., Talent, 97540
- When was it listed? January 1999
- Category. building
- Census division. Ashland
- National Register reference number. 99000067 - 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
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Beeson-Foss Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,356 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 6 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 | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,200 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ALMEDA |
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Medford Unit | TALENT AVE |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | PP#D 12209 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | ARRASTRA CREEK |
| 5 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medford Unit | GRIFFIN CREEK |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medford Unit | GRIFFIN CRK #2 |
| 26 September 2000 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Medford Unit | TURKEY CANNON |
| 23 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Medford Unit | FRANK HILL |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Beeson-Foss Ranch: 33 past producers, 17 occurrences, 14 prospects, 10 producers. 10 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1886, 1901 | |
| Burdic Group | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Burris Prospect | Copper, Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Rhodonite | |
| Burris Prospect | Gold, Manganese, Copper | Prospect | 1958 | |
| Casey | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Casey | Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Columbine Claim | Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite | |
| Double Jack | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Double Jack Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Forty - Nine Diggings | Gold, Mercury | Past Producer | Placer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Hail | Talent | - | 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 2005 | Hail | Talent | - | A spotter 2WSW Talent reported .75 inch hail with a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanscom Hall | 0.8 miles | 1996 | |
| Malmgren Garage | 0.9 miles | 2024 | |
| Talent Elementary School | 1.0 miles | 2012 | |
 | Wagner Creek School | 1.4 miles | 1992 |
 | Patrick F. McManus House | 3.0 miles | 1978 |
 | George A. Hover House | 3.2 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99000067 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.