BlockDairy, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Yonna Valley-Poe Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97625. The Survey maps it on the Dairy quadrangle. It stands 4,140 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Dairy quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Dairy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lakeview District | HILDEBRAND |
| 24 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Klamath Unit | HEAT SOURCE |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HAY DISP# 648 |
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LORENZ 308 |
| 12 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath Unit | LOST RIVER |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | PIPELINE |
| 5 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SCALES 274 |
| 26 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | LOWER LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dairy: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonna | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hildebrand | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bonanza | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Olene | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bedfield (historical) | 8.0 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Grove | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Hager | 10.0 miles | 19 | |
| Henley | 11.0 miles | 19 |
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 Dairy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474104 | 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 1119660. 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.