South Umpqua Headwaters Precontact Reference Conditions Study

Jackson Creek Subbasin 

Jackson Creek subbasin map, with ca. 1800 Indian Trails and ca. 1800 Forest Vegetation Patterns.

 
 Study Area Vicinity Map ca. 1800 Vegetation   2010 Subbasin Index GLO Bearing Trees 

The Jackson Creek subbasin is 101,995 acres in size and includes Beaver Creek, Whisky Creek, Squaw Creek, Abbott Creek, Lonewoman Creek, Tallow Creek, Freezeout Creek, and Bullock Creek as principal tributaries. It is the largest and southernmost subbasin in the South Umpqua Headwaters Reference Conditions Study, containing three entire 23,000-acre Townships and portions of seven others; eight Fire Lookouts from which Osborne photos were taken in the 1930s; and 16 of the study's 25 designated "Area of Special Interest."

 

TOWNSHIPS, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS & ORIGINAL LAND SURVEYS 

 
 
 
 

 

 

FIRE LOOKOUTS & OSBORNE PHOTOGRAPHS

 ICON  LOOKOUT START   STOP TSP   RNG SEC   ELEV.
 Abotte Butte  1914  1984  30 S.  2 E.  23  6,131
 Anderson Camp  1933  1958  30 S.  3 E.  9  5,469
 Butler Butte  1924  1958  31 S.  1 E.  10  5,513
 Collins Mountain  1914    30 S.  1 W.  1  3,670
 Devils Knob  1912  1962  31 S.  1 W.  23  4,900
 Grasshopper Mountain  1915  1977  29 S.  3 E.  18  5,552
 Hershberger Mountain  1913    29 S.  3 E.  22  6,200
 Pickett Butte  1933    30 S.  1 W.  29  3,296

 

 

"AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST" 

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Name
TSP
RNG
SEC
Acres
500 Road
31 S.
1 W.
05-06
 257
Abbott Butte
30 S.
2 E.
23
 448
Acker Ranch
29 S.
1 E.
27, 35
 359
Bald Ridges
31 S.
1 E.
02, 10-11
 877
Beaver Lake
30 S.
1 W.
33-34
 577
Collins Ridge
30 S.
1 W.
02, 11
 731
Devils Knob
31 S.
1 W.
23
 349
Donegan Prairie
30 S.
2 E.
28, 33
 600
Grasshopper Complex
29 S.
3 E.
07, 18
 458
Huckleberry Lake
31 S.
2 E.
05
 436
Pickett Butte
30 S.
1 W.
29
 525
Pup Prairie
29 S.
3 E.
20, 28
 624
Skookum Pond
29 S.
2 E.
33
 184
Squaw Flat
30 S.
1 E.
10-11
 756
The Forks
30 S.
1 W.
18
 347
Whiskey Camp
30 S.
1 E.
31
 436

Note: Because of the intended purpose of this study -- to assemble and document precontact land use and vegetation pattern reference conditions – particular attention has been placed on selecting special interest areas that might best represent precontact (“pre-1826”) conditions, or contain information by which such conditions might be more readily inferred or determined: such as relict plant populations (including old-growth trees and other persistent vegetation patterns) or archaeological remains. For that reason, selection bias was given to known and suspected seasonal Indian villages, campgrounds, and other primary precontact destinations; such as likely hunting, fishing, gathering, trading, and food growing and processing sites.

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