English, Oregon

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.

• 1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
• 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
• 1978 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:24000
• 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
• 1994 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of English (historical) between 2002 and 2018, burning about 83,977 acres in total. 3 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Fairbanks
• Petersburg
• Emerson
• The Dalles

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of English (historical): 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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.

Every working recorded in Wasco County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129616. 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.