Elk Flat, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Elgin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97827. It lies near Owenby Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cricket Flat quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Elk Flat within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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
1964 USGS Cricket Flat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Wallowa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Elk Flat (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,701 acres in total. 11 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	11
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
16 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Wallowa Unit	PORK CHOP
11 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Wallowa Unit	WATER CANYON OVERLOOK
9 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	PONDO SNAG
6 August 2020	Natural	6.5 acres	LaGrande District	STUBBLEFIELD
5 August 2017	Recreation and ceremony	309 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	CLARK CREEK
3 August 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	MERRITT ROAD
24 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	COW FACE
21 August 2018	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	PALMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Elk Flat (historical): 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Mp 28.51 Wallowa Lake Hwy	Stone	Past Producer
Philips Creek	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Mp 28.51 Wallowa Lake Hwy	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mp 30.1 Wallowa-Lake Hwy	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Philips Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Union 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
Indian Valley (historical)	5.0 miles	10
Elgin	5.2 miles	10
Cabin Creek (historical)	8.5 miles	12
Looking Glass (historical)	9.7 miles	12
Imbler	10.7 miles	13
Summerville	11.2 miles	10
Alicel	14.2 miles	13
Cove	18.8 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129476. 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.