Eden, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Flora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97828. It lies near Ward Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Eden Ridge quadrangle.

Eden within Wallowa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Wallowa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 61 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	61
Recreation and ceremony	7
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 1998	Natural	under an acre	Wallowa Unit	ELK PASTURE
4 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Vale District	NATOUT 5
23 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Wallowa Unit	WILDCAT EIFFEL TOWER
2 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Wallowa Unit	PROMISE CEMETARY
14 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Umatilla National Forest	CUMMINGS
14 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Wallowa Unit	WILDCAT CAMP
13 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Wallowa Unit	GREEN CANYON
13 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Umatilla National Forest	FIZZ BOMB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wallowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eden: 2 past producers. None of them 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
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wallowa 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Promise	4.6 miles	10
Troy	6.2 miles	11
Grossman (historical)	7.1 miles	10
Bartlett	7.5 miles	11
Grouse	8.9 miles	11
Maxville	11.1 miles	11
Eustis (historical)	12.7 miles	11
Flora	13.1 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129486. 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.