BlockCreston, 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 97917. It lies near Dry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mosquito Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,472 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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
- 1973 USGS Mosquito Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Stinkingwater Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Creston between 1996 and 2016, burning about 10,789 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 135 acres | Vale District | ROOSTER COMB |
| 5 August 2007 | Natural | 10,343 acres | Vale District | BUTTE |
| 26 August 1996 | Natural | 300 acres | Vale District | HICKEY BA |
| 1 August 2014 | Natural | 11 acres | Vale District | BOX SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Creston: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Chapman Reservior | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lower Chapman Reservoir | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Crowley | 15.7 miles | 6 | |
| Juntura | 17.2 miles | 8 | |
| Bohna (historical) | 21.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cord (historical) | 26.6 miles | 8 | |
| Beulah | 29.0 miles | 10 | |
| Watson (historical) | 31.8 miles | 8 | |
| Harper | 32.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q112236521 | 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 1158187. 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.