BlockAndrews, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Diamond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97721. It stands on Andrews Creek. The Survey maps it on the Andrews quadrangle. It stands 4,157 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Adel quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Adel quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Adel quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Adel quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Andrews quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Alvord Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Andrews between 1995 and 2018, burning about 18,184 acres in total. 13 started naturally. None was 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 | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2014 | Natural | 14,700 acres | Burns District | BONE CREEK BASIN |
| 16 September 1995 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Burns District | WILDHORSE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | NATURAL OUT 2388 |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Burns District | NATURAL OUT 2383 |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 117 acres | Burns District | SERRANO POINT |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Burns District | FROG SP |
| 30 August 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 65 acres | Burns District | COONEY RAN |
| 30 August 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Burns District | POPLAR |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Andrews: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andrews in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 3 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Andrews | - | A trained spotter measured 1.05 inches of rain in about 45 minutes near Andrews, OR. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Andrews | - | The mesonet station LMCO3 measured 1.11 inches of heavy rain. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Andrews | - | The Mesonet station, LMCO3, near Little McCoy Creek measured 2.23 inches of total rainfall. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fields | 14.2 miles | 12 | |
| Frenchglen | 29.7 miles | 10 | |
| Diamond | 37.9 miles | 7 | |
| Princeton (historical) | 54.0 miles | 8 | |
| Voltage | 56.0 miles | 8 | |
| New Princeton | 56.5 miles | 9 | |
| Narrows | 59.2 miles | 8 | |
| Venator | 63.1 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Andrews | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4759052 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1116942. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.