BlockArmet, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lowell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97452. It stands on Armet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westfir West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1935 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hardesty Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Oakridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Westfir West quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Westfir West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Armet (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 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 | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Willamette National Forest | LONE WOLF |
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | WINDBERRY |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | INC 303 |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | CAIN 289 |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | BLACK CAMP |
| 25 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | FILBERT |
| 21 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | CAIN |
| 2 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | CAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Armet (historical): 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Gold, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Point Prospects | Barium-Barite, Gold | Occurrence | Barite, Pyrite | |
| Lookout Point Prospects | Barium-Barite, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Winberry Prospects | Gold | Occurrence | Limonite, Pyrite | |
| Winberry Prospects | Gold | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166249. 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.