BlockKilts, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ashwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97711. It lies near Coyote Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Horse Heaven Creek quadrangle. It stands 3,393 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Horse Heaven Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Stephenson Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Kilts between 1995 and 2014, burning about 22,852 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 30 acres | Prineville District | 589 |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | 62 acres | Prineville District | RBTS BUTTE |
| 19 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | AMITY CRK |
| 13 July 2014 | Natural | 22,760 acres | Prineville District | 0319 DONNY BROOK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Kilts: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Mercury, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axehandle Mine | Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Sulfur, Gold | Past Producer | 1935, 1936 | |
| Axehandle Mine | Mercury, Gold, Arsenic, Antimony | Producer | 1936, 1937 | |
| Horse Heaven Mine | Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony | Past Producer | 1933, 1934 | |
| Red Jacket | Mercury, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Stibnite | |
| Red Jacket Mine | Mercury, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony | Prospect | ||
| Queen of Oregon | Gold, Silver, Antimony | Occurrence | Stibnite | |
| Queen of Oregon | Gold, Silver, Antimony | Prospect | ||
| Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Big Muddy Cinnabar | Mercury | Occurrence | 1935 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axehandle (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Donnybrook (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Horseheaven | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ashwood | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Willowdale | 19.0 miles | 8 | |
| Grizzly | 23.9 miles | 10 | |
| Gateway | 25.9 miles | 13 | |
| Madras | 29.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q112580370 | 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 1158898. 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.