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Carson, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Halfway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97834. It stands on Dixie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jimtown quadrangle. It stands 3,366 feet above sea level.

Carson within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Carson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 54 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 3 were 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
Natural37
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestHOLBROOK
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCARSON
27 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestMUD LAKE
27 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitCOUNTY ROAD #999
24 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestOUTER SKIRT
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresBaker UnitSUMMIT FIRE
2 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestMELHORN BUTTE
18 September 2001Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestTWIN BRIDGES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Carson: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone. 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
Bigelow ProspectGold, SilverOccurrence
Copper QueenCopper, SilverPast ProducerUnknown
Copper Queen GroupCopperProspect
Dead Cow Butte PitStonePast Producer
Dead Cow Butte PitStone, DimensionProducer
Aurous Mining Co.Gold, SilverProducerPlacer
Bigelow ProspectGold, SilverOccurrence
Baker County Rd DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clear CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cook Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Baker County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carson in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2009: 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009HailCarson-A trained spotter reported a thunderstorm with hail sizes up to one inch in diameter.
May 2007HailCarson-Spotter 5 Miles North of Halfway Oregon Reported 1 Inch Hail.
May 2007HailCarson-Spotter 3 Miles Northwest of Halfway Oregon Reported Quarter Sized Hail.

Every storm 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
Jimtown2.6 miles14
Halfway5.0 miles14
Cornucopia5.1 miles13
Pine6.9 miles14
Sunset7.5 miles14
Sparta9.1 miles14
New Bridge9.4 miles14
Richland11.5 miles14

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 CarsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5046895The 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 1139396. 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.

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.