BlockGrouse, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Flora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97828. It stands on Sheep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Troy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Wallowa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Grouse between 1992 and 2019, burning about 157 acres in total. 50 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BUGLING |
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | ELK PASTURE |
| 6 September 2004 | Other causes | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | BLACK CAT |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Wallowa Unit | BARLETT BENCH |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | MALLORY LANE |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | DONUT HOLE |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | EDEN 2 |
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 Grouse: 2 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 | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129484. 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.