BlockCornucopia, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Halfway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97834. It stands on Panter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cornucopia quadrangle.
On record in Cornucopia
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Cornucopia Jailhouselisted 2014
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Cornucopia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Cornucopia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 11,902 acres in total. 63 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 | 63 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | HOLBROOK |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 11,615 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | CLEAR CREEK |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BEAR CREEK |
| 30 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | HEAD OF EAST PINE |
| 29 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 210 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | MUD LAKE |
| 24 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | OUTER SKIRT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Cornucopia: 21 past producers, 16 prospects, 14 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Creek | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Cornucopia Gold Mines | Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Last Chance Vein, Cornucopia Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tellurium, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hessite, Petzite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Little Eagle Creek | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Little Eagle Creek Prospects | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Paddy Creek | Mercury, Gold | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Gold | |
| Paddy Creek Prospect | Gold, Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Queen of the West Mine | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Red Boy and Mt. Chief | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Prospect | 1885 | |
| Red Mountain Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein |
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 1136177. 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.