BlockFargher, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Moro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97029. It lies near Buck Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sherars Bridge quadrangle. It stands 728 feet above sea level. 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
7 surveys from 13 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 Dufur quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Dufur quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sherars Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mount Hood quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Fargher (historical) between 1993 and 2018, burning about 36,240 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Mt. Hood National Forest | 920 |
| 18 September 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Prineville District | 1184 |
| 1 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prineville District | WHITERIVER |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Prineville District | BUCKHOLLOW |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 650 acres | Prineville District | 0598 OAKBROOK |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 737 |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,618 acres | Prineville District | 0328 BROWN RD |
| 3 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Prineville District | GRASSVLY 4 |
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 Fargher (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Brook Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shady Brook Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Valley | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Erskine | 17.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kent | 18.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rutledge | 20.6 miles | 8 | |
| Boardman (historical) | 21.2 miles | 8 | |
| Moro | 21.7 miles | 8 | |
| De Moss Springs | 24.8 miles | 11 | |
| Monkland | 26.0 miles | 8 |
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 Q85760545 | 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 1136936. 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.