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Camp Elkanah, Oregon

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Starkey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97850. It stands on Marley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marley Creek quadrangle. It stands 3,494 feet above sea level.

Camp Elkanah within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Camp Elkanah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 40 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
Natural40
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestWHITEHORSE
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictBUFFALO FIRE
25 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestTYBO
24 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestSTAND BY
2 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestMIDNIGHT RUN
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestHARLEY
12 September 1999Smokingunder an acreLaGrande DistrictMEADOW CREEK
10 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestTHREE MILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Camp Elkanah: 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Meadow Creek BridgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Meadow Creek BridgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Starkey1.6 miles9
Hilgard14.3 miles10
Camp Carson (historical)16.0 miles10
Perry16.9 miles10
La Grande20.2 miles10
Island City22.7 miles10
Hot Lake26.1 miles12
Alicel27.5 miles13

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 Q121597293The 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 1136117. 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.