BlockImperial, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sisters-Millican census division. The Survey maps it on the Imperial Valley South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Brothers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Imperial Valley South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Imperial (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 42 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 | 42 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0576 |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 939 |
| 19 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | SMOLDJUNIP |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0544 |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0750 ESPELAND |
| 8 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | DOMINICK |
| 4 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | COYOTE BU |
| 29 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0840 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 1161070. 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.