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Charlestown, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hermiston-Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97838. It lies near Umatilla Butte. The Survey maps it on the Umatilla quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.

Charlestown within Umatilla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Charlestown between 1996 and 2020, burning about 6,436 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning1
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 August 2020Arson/incendiarism18 acresSpokane DistrictMCNARY
28 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeUMATILLA RIVER
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVale DistrictLAUBACK 2
20 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVale DistrictPICKUP
17 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresVale DistrictLAUBACK
16 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexMARINA FIRE
5 July 2001Fireworks400 acresSpokane DistrictSILLUTUS
4 July 2016Fireworks1.0 acresVale DistrictHERMISTON BUTTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Umatilla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Charlestown: 56 past producers, 15 producers, 1 occurrence. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold. 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
Hermiston City WellGeothermalProducer
Berrian Island PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Berrian Island PlacerGoldPast Producer
Bensel Road QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Bensel Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Umatilla 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
Power City1.6 miles15
McNary2.2 miles15
Umatilla3.1 miles15
Hermiston3.4 miles15
Hinkle6.4 miles15
Cold Springs7.0 miles14
Bucks Corners7.3 miles15
Stanfield8.6 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q130541919The 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 1136141. 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.