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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1901 USGS Sumpter quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Whitney quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Whitney quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Bates quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 108 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | CAMP CREEK |
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-203 |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 13446 |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | WINTERVILLE |
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-356 |
| 23 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-2011-11283 |
| 2 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | PATRICK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawes and Lafferty Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Hindman Placer | Gold, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Parkerville and Winterville | Gold, Chromium | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Resolute | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Winterville and Parkerville Group | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Greenhorn polymetallic veins | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Past Producer | polymetallic vein | |
| Hindman Placer | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Bonanza Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1877, 1892 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Parkersville (historical) | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Greenhorn | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Audrey (historical) | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sumpter | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| McEwen | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cracker City (historical) | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bourne | 14.3 miles | 14 |
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.





