BlockCentral, Oregon
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Scio-Lacomb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97322. It stands on Lakeview Slough. The Survey maps it on the Crabtree 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
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1921 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Crabtree quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Central (historical) in 2009, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | 099 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Central (historical): 10 past producers, 8 producers, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Titanium, Metal, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany B Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | ||
| Cox | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cox Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Albany Rock Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Rock Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Rock Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Albany Rock Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Crabtree Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crabtree Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crabtree Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draperville | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Crabtree | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Millersburg | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Albany | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Whitaker | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| West Scio | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lebanon | 7.4 miles | 23 | |
| Evansville (historical) | 8.3 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136961. 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.