BlockCord, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Juntura census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97906. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dowell Butte 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
6 surveys from 8 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 Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Folly Farm quadrangle1:62500
- 1977 USGS Dowell Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Malheur Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Cord (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,862 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 650 acres | Burns District | FOLLY |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | DUCK BUTTE |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | DUCK CR 2 |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | WAGON ROAD |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | BAKER |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | INDIAN BAKER |
| 13 August 2001 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Burns District | SELMA |
| 12 August 2001 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Burns District | PATTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163912. 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.