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Bartlett, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Flora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97828. It lies near Grouse Flat. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle. It stands 3,501 feet above sea level.

Bartlett within Wallowa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Bartlett between 1992 and 2018, burning about 157 acres in total. 48 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
Natural48
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use16 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBUGLING
9 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWallowa UnitELK PASTURE
6 September 2004Other causesunder an acreWallowa UnitBLACK CAT
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use16 acresWallowa UnitBARLETT BENCH
28 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWallowa UnitMALLORY LANE
17 September 2013Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestK MILL
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestDONUT HOLE
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreWallowa UnitEDEN 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wallowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bartlett: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wallowa County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Grouse1.6 miles11
Troy2.6 miles11
Eden7.5 miles11
Flora9.8 miles9
Promise10.9 miles10
Paradise12.9 miles10
Grossman (historical)14.0 miles10
Maxville17.3 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q112189068The 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 1117272. 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.