BlockEstrup, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Junction City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97448. It lies near Ballhizer Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Horton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Horton quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Estrup (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 309 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | TRASHBERRY WOOD |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PIGEON PASS FIRE |
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Western Lane District | J C FIRE |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | TURNBOW FIRE |
| 4 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | FERGUSON LAWN |
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Western Lane District | GRIMES ROAD FIRE |
| 26 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | VIK |
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | LOW DOWN TIMBER |
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 Estrup (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junction City | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Junction City Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130653. 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.