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Crooked River Ranch, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Culver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97760. It lies near Osborne Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Opal City quadrangle. 4,912 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,602 feet above sea level.

Crooked River Ranch within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Crooked River Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 733 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 5 were 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOchoco National Forest0910 PR
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrineville District0566
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOchoco National Forest0786
25 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrineville DistrictSTEAMBOAT
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePrineville District0615
19 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOchoco National Forest1090
15 September 2012Natural4.5 acresOchoco National Forest0562
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreOchoco National Forest1646

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Crooked River Ranch: 8 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Parkerville and WintervilleGold, ChromiumPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crooked River RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crooked River RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steelhead Falls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Opal City1.9 miles17
Culver7.1 miles13
Geneva8.8 miles16
Grandview9.6 miles16
Lamonta (historical)11.2 miles17
Metolius11.6 miles13
Madras15.5 miles14
Grizzly17.6 miles10

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 Crooked River RanchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5187854The 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 1135015. 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.