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Carroll, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Hereford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97877. It lies near Patrick Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Whitney quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Carroll within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Carroll (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 108 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
Natural108
Recreation and ceremony32
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2006Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCAMP CREEK
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acreMalheur National ForestOR-MAF-203
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMalheur National Forest13446
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestWINTERVILLE
5 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMalheur National ForestOR-MAF-356
23 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMalheur National ForestOR-MAF-2011-11283
2 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestPATRICK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Carroll (historical): 11 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Hawes and Lafferty ManganeseManganeseProspect
Hindman PlacerGold, Platinum, SilverPast ProducerStream Placer
Parkerville and WintervilleGold, ChromiumPast ProducerPlacer
ResoluteGold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Winterville and Parkerville GroupChromiumProspect
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Greenhorn polymetallic veinsGold, Silver, PlatinumPast Producerpolymetallic vein
Hindman PlacerGold, Silver, PlatinumProspect
Unnamed Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrence
Bonanza MineGold, SilverPast Producer1877, 1892

Every working recorded in Baker 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
Whitney (historical)3.2 miles13
Parkersville (historical)4.5 miles14
Greenhorn8.3 miles14
Audrey (historical)9.1 miles13
Sumpter10.1 miles13
McEwen13.5 miles13
Cracker City (historical)14.0 miles14
Bourne14.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1154086. 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.