Elk Lake, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sisters-Millican census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97703. It lies near Moolack Butte. The Survey maps it on the Elk Lake quadrangle. It stands 4,895 feet above sea level.
On record in Elk Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Elk Lake Guard Stationlisted 2009 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1930 USGS Maiden Peak quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Maiden Peak quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Elk Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS La Pine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Elk Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 451 acres in total. 125 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 | 125 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0864 NW |
| 7 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0794 |
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0852 NW |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0872 NW |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | INCIDENT 390 |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 1269 |
| 4 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 1528 |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 1018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Elk Lake: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Claim No 1 and 2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Winslow Claim Nos. 1 and 2 | Stone | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elk Lake in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 1 hail, 1 dust devil. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Dust Devil | Elk Lake | - | The dust devil moved over the lake and turned over 2 boats with passengers. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Elk Lake | - | Hail up to one inch damaged some recreational vehicles around Crane Prairie Reservoir. The hail put holes in some awnings and broke a few skylights out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunriver | 20.6 miles | 14 | |
| Three Rivers | 21.0 miles | 15 | |
| Deschutes River Woods | 23.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sisters | 25.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bend | 26.5 miles | 19 | |
| La Pine | 26.8 miles | 16 | |
| Tumalo | 27.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cloverdale | 28.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q112422371 | 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 1141780. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







