BlockLawen, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Drewsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97720. The Survey maps it on the Lawen quadrangle. It stands 4,108 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 Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lawen quadrangle1:62500
- 1978 USGS Malheur Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Lawen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Lawen between 2011 and 2019, burning about 104 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Natural | 96 acres | Burns District | LAWEN |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Burns District | MEADOW |
| 24 July 2018 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Burns District | SQUARE WELL |
| 15 January 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Malheur National Wildlife Refuge | #20002 |
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 Lawen: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawen Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | ||
| Lawen Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawen in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Lawen | - | The Donner Und Blitzen River experienced flooding on the 15th and affected locations along the channel including Page Springs Campground Fish Lake Campground, Diamond and Frenchglen. |
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.
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 Lawen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6503590 | 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 1136466. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.