BlockBrothers, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sisters-Millican census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97712. The Survey maps it on the Brothers quadrangle. It stands 4,639 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Brothers quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Brothers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Brothers between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1 acre in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | BROTHERS |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | CODY WELLS |
| 27 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | DODGE FIRE |
| 19 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Prineville District | 916 BROTHER |
| 10 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | 0912 |
| 8 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0370 |
| 8 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0369 |
| 30 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prineville District | 0839 |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brothers in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Brothers | - | A weak landspout type tornado formed under a towering cumulus approximently 10 miles west of Brothers. Eyewitnesses reported that it slowly moved towards the ENE and stayed on the ground for 15 minutes. It had a thin funnel made visible only by dust as it crossed over open desert. |
| September 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Brothers | - | A weak tornado touched down adjacent to Highway 20 15 miles east of Brothers. Over the course of 5 minutes, it moved north over open ground and caused no damage. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brothers | - | A spotter 20 miles southwest of Brothers reported 60 mph wind gusts, heavy rain, pea sized hail, and frequent lightning from 1030 pm to 1130 pm. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Brothers | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Brothers | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial (historical) | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Millican | 17.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hampton | 21.9 miles | 9 | |
| Alfalfa | 28.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bend | 41.3 miles | 19 | |
| Deschutes River Woods | 41.9 miles | 17 | |
| Deschutes | 41.9 miles | 16 | |
| Redmond | 43.8 miles | 16 |
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 Brothers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459553 | 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 1138661. 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.
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.