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Little Alps, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Wingville-Haines census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97833. It lies near Van Patten Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Anthony Lakes quadrangle. It stands 6,457 feet above sea level.

Little Alps within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Little Alps between 1992 and 2020, burning about 586 acres in total. 66 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
Natural66
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestFLOOD WATER
7 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestDUTCH FLAT
5 September 2006Natural54 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestBEAR BUTTE
5 September 2006Natural12 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestGORHAM BUTTE
3 September 2014Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCHICKEN HILL FIRE
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreBaker UnitDUTCH FLAT
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestGORHAM BUTTE
21 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestREMOTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Little Alps: 8 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Copper. 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
Afterthought ClaimsZinc, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceVein
Afterthought ClaimsGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadUnknown
Antone Creek ProspectSilver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, LeadOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Antone Creek ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, AntimonyUnknown
Argonaut ClaimsGold, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Flying CloudGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
J.H. Brown Tungsten ProspectTungstenProspect
Molybdenite OccurrenceSilver, MolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
North PowderMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite
Unnamed ProspectMolybdenum, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Baker 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
Rock Creek8.6 miles13
Cableville (historical)8.8 miles13
Bourne9.8 miles14
Cracker City (historical)9.9 miles14
Hutchinson10.9 miles14
Haines13.5 miles14
Sumpter15.2 miles13
Pocahontas (historical)15.3 miles15

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 Q6648853The 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 1136483. 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.