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Camp Carson, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Starkey census division. It lies near Tanner Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Limber Jim Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Camp Carson within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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 Camp Carson (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 227 acres in total. 55 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
Natural55
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCHICKEN
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestRAINBOW
5 September 2011Natural119 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestCHICKEN HILL
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestHANDLE BAR
24 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestOVERNIGHT DELIGHT
21 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestREMOTE
19 September 2008Debris and open burning15 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestCHICKEN HILL
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCUCUMBER

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Camp Carson (historical): 14 past producers, 13 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, 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
Indiana MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Indianna MineGold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1901, 1935
Stibnite ParkerAntimony, GoldProducerStibnite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stibnite MineAntimony, GoldProducer1900
Stibnite MineAntimony, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Placer TailingsGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Placer TailingsGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Placer TailingsGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Union 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
Starkey14.5 miles9
Camp Elkanah16.0 miles9
North Powder19.9 miles12
Hilgard22.1 miles10
Perry22.6 miles10
La Grande22.8 miles10
Hot Lake23.0 miles12
Island City24.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129456. 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.