Arock, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jordan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97910. It lies near Grahams Hill. The Survey maps it on the Arock quadrangle. It stands 3,727 feet above sea level.
On record in Arock
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Sheep Ranch Fortified Houselisted 1974
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Arock quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Arock between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,549 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 1,742 acres | Vale District | PASCUAL 1 |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Vale District | PASCUAL 2 |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | 8.5 acres | Vale District | HIDDEN RESERVOIR |
| 16 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Vale District | M P 43 |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 735 acres | Vale District | AROCK |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Vale District | ROME |
| 28 July 2017 | Natural | 20 acres | Vale District | BOGUS |
| 24 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Vale District | MILE P 45 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Arock: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arock Riprap | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Arock Riprap Community Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Arock #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arock #1 Community Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Montgomery Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Montgomery Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arock in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Hail | Arock | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Danner | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Jordan Valley | 25.3 miles | 9 | |
| Watson (historical) | 28.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sheaville | 29.1 miles | 7 | |
| Crowley | 32.6 miles | 6 | |
| Cord (historical) | 34.9 miles | 8 | |
| Basque | 39.2 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 Arock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474096 | 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 1117045. 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.




