Flora, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97828. The Survey maps it on the Flora quadrangle. It stands 4,350 feet above sea level.
On record in Flora
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 1 record
- Flora Schoollisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Flora quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Wallowa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Flora between 1992 and 2019, burning about 273 acres in total. 42 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BRODY |
| 29 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BUCK |
| 28 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | DEER POND |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | ROTORTILL |
| 18 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | DEVILS TWO TENTHS |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | RIM ROCK |
| 11 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | LITTLE COURTNEY CREEK |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | COURTNEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Flora: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flora in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2012: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Hail | Flora | - | Winds gusting to 40 mph preceded the hail. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Flora | - | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Flora | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Troy | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grouse | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bartlett | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Promise | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Eden | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Chico (historical) | 14.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grossman (historical) | 15.8 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Flora | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472591 | 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 1142256. 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.



