BlockDuncan, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Pilot Rock census division. It lies in Duncan Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Duncan quadrangle. It stands 2,313 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Duncan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Duncan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Duncan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,958 acres in total. 32 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 | 32 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | MILEPOST 245 |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | CROW RIDGE |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | LINE |
| 27 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | MP 257.56 |
| 14 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | FLETCHER CREEK |
| 14 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | HORSE |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | RATTLE SNAKE RIDGE |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 316 acres | Umatilla National Forest | GIBBON |
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.
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 Q130538260 | 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 1141396. 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.