BlockCopper, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Imnaha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97842. It stands on Copper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,089 feet above sea level. 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
4 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 Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Wolf Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Copper (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 46,620 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 80 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WAY DOWN GETTA |
| 9 August 1999 | Natural | 80 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | FIR |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | 32 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | FIR CREEK |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SAWMILL GULCH |
| 3 August 2014 | Natural | 4,748 acres | Cottonwood Field Office | HIGHRANGE |
| 3 August 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | JOSEPH |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 32,967 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | DEEP CREEK CABIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Copper (historical): 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Copper, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mountain Group | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Mountain Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Electrolytic | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Electrolytic Mine | Gold, Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imnaha | 20.1 miles | 10 | |
| Zumwalt | 23.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lewis | 29.3 miles | 12 | |
| Chico (historical) | 32.2 miles | 12 | |
| Imnaha River Woods Development | 36.5 miles | 11 | |
| Armin (historical) | 36.7 miles | 11 | |
| Paradise | 38.0 miles | 10 | |
| Fruita | 38.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q27988004 | 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 1152814. 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.