BlockClarke, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Boardman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97844. The Survey maps it on the Clarke quadrangle. It stands 404 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1906 USGS Blalock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Blalock Island quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clarke quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Hermiston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Clarke quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Clarke between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,445 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | PATTERSON FERRY |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | MP 171 |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 9.6 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | COLUMBIA SOUTH |
| 7 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | BOARD 1-94 |
| 2 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | BRD73084 |
| 17 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | TRAILER |
| 16 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | BOARD 163 |
| 10 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge | COLUMBIA LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Clarke: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia River Sand Dunes | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Gone Busted Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Boardman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boardman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Columbia River Sand Dunes | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Food Processing Park | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Food Processing Park | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Clarke | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988014 | The 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 1161314. 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.