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Forest Crossing, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Powell Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97760. It stands on Lone Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the O'Neil quadrangle. It stands 2,786 feet above sea level.

Forest Crossing within Crook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

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.

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Forest Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrineville District0573
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPrineville District0879 HAYSTACK
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOchoco National Forest0567 RN PUR
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictTWIN LK RD
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrineville District0608
21 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution2.3 acresPrineville District0908 LONE PINE FLAT
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictE.ANTLER
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acrePrineville District0671

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Forest Crossing: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Buckner QuarryStonePast Producer
Buckner QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lone Pine QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lone Pine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
O'Neal Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O'Neil Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Crook County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Powell Butte7.7 miles16
Prineville13.5 miles10
Juniper Canyon19.5 miles9
Roberts28.0 miles11
Post33.9 miles11
Paulina61.1 miles14
Suplee76.9 miles14

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 Q112965372The 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 1120879. 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.