BlockCaviness, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Brogan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97908. The Survey maps it on the Scratch Post Butte 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
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Clover Creek Ranch quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Brogan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Scratch Post Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Caviness (historical) between 1994 and 2012, burning about 10,683 acres in total. 3 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 110 acres | Vale District | BONITA RD |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | 71 acres | Vale District | COW CREEK |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | 2,198 acres | Vale District | BONITA |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 8,304 acres | Vale District | BONITA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonita | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Clover (historical) | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ironside | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Malheur City (historical) | 13.3 miles | 10 | |
| Eldorado | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Brogan | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Humboldt Basin (historical) | 17.6 miles | 10 | |
| Westfall | 17.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1131935. 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.