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Blaisdell, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Lakeview census division. It stands on Pothole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gearhart Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,823 feet above sea level.

Blaisdell within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Blaisdell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,776 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 2 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
Natural58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresFremont-Winema National ForestUTLEY
28 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestELDER-295
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National Forestnot named
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLake UnitBILL
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLake UnitFUDD
16 September 1995Natural1,176 acresFremont-Winema National ForestOWEN
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreLake UnitSTINGER
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFremont-Winema National ForestWHISKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Blaisdell: 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Pumice, Stone. 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
Quarry MountainStonePast Producer
Quarry MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quartz Mountain Gold DepositMercury, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, ArsenicProspectChalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Quartz MtnGold, MercuryOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceProspect
Quartz MountainGoldPast Producer
Quartz Mtn PropertyGoldPlant1986
CroneMercuryOccurrence1936
Crone ProspectMercuryProspect
Manzanita GroupMercuryOccurrence1956

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Quartz Mountain4.1 miles12
Drews Valley (historical)13.1 miles12
Vistillas (historical)15.5 miles12
Yocum (historical)24.8 miles12
Five Corners25.4 miles10
Chewaucan (historical)25.8 miles12
West Side26.1 miles10
Paisley26.9 miles12

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 Q113125611The 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 1136078. 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.