BlockFort Rock, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Silver Lake-Fort Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97735. It stands on Fort Rock. The Survey maps it on the Fort Rock quadrangle. It stands 4,331 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Fort Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Fort Rock between 1992 and 2018, burning about 126 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Lakeview District | POLE |
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | ARROWHEAD |
| 3 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Lakeview District | POWER |
| 3 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 115 acres | Lakeview District | JEEP |
| 17 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | CROW |
| 3 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | THREE MILE |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Fremont-Winema National Forest | FIN |
| 22 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lakeview District | FORT ROCK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Christmas Valley | 23.6 miles | 9 | |
| Summer Lake | 30.3 miles | 12 | |
| Paisley | 53.1 miles | 12 | |
| Chewaucan (historical) | 55.7 miles | 12 | |
| Blaisdell | 68.4 miles | 12 | |
| Quartz Mountain | 72.5 miles | 12 | |
| Valley Falls | 72.8 miles | 11 |
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 Fort Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478107 | 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 1136297. 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.