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Fruita, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Imnaha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97842. It stands on Henry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Puderbaugh Ridge quadrangle. It stands 3,619 feet above sea level.

Fruita within Wallowa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Fruita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 235 acres in total. 77 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
Natural77
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWallowa UnitLEGGETT GULCH
4 September 2006Natural1.0 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestP.O.
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestNEUMEN BRIDGE
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestTYEE BUTTE
19 September 2020Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestIRW
18 September 2001Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestSOUTH MORGAN
18 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestSTUMP
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestGUMBOOT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wallowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fruita: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Wallowa 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
Imnaha River Woods Development2.8 miles11
Armin (historical)10.4 miles11
Joseph21.9 miles12
Imnaha22.3 miles10
Alder (historical)26.4 miles10
Enterprise26.5 miles10
Zumwalt28.0 miles10
Lewis34.0 miles12

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 Q112189038The 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 1129450. 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.