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Clarno, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Antelope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97001. It lies near Corral Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Clarno quadrangle. It stands 1,312 feet above sea level.

Clarno within Wasco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

37 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Clarno between 1993 and 2019, burning about 72,765 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
17 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution37 acresPrineville District0958
8 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use40 acresPrineville District0768
8 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined15,000 acresPrineville DistrictTHE BUTTES
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined116 acresPrineville DistrictGRANGE HALL
7 August 2006Natural608 acresPrineville District0690 THREE HORSE
5 August 2003Natural111 acresPrineville DistrictBLACK ROCK
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresPrineville District0332
29 August 2015Other causesunder an acrePrineville District0567

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clarno: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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
Antelope Rock ProductSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crystal PeakGemstoneOccurrence
PerkinsStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySemiprecious GemstonePast Producer
Antelope Rock Products PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perkins PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Wasco County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarno in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2023Thunderstorm WindClarno-The mesonet station NPFO3 measured a gust of 59 mph at 1848L from an outflow boundary.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindClarno-North Pole Ridge RAWS site measured 59 mph gust with thunderstorm.
April 2012HailClarno-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wasco 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
Antelope13.2 miles8
Shaniko16.0 miles8
Bakeoven22.8 miles8
Criterion (historical)29.2 miles8
Dant35.0 miles12
East Maupin36.5 miles14
Maupin36.9 miles14
Tygh Valley43.7 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 ClarnoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5127712The 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 1136154. 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.