BlockNew Bridge, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eagle Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97870. It stands on Summit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richland quadrangle. It stands 2,369 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Pine quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Halfway quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Richland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of New Bridge between 1996 and 2020, burning about 72,291 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 90 acres | Vale District | SUMMITT CK |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | TWISTED LARCH |
| 17 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Vale District | HALFWAY GRADE |
| 12 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 17,823 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DRY GULCH |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 30 acres | Vale District | TIMBER GUL |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 307 acres | Vale District | IMMIGRANT |
| 23 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BIG LARCH |
| 13 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | RICHLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Bridge: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mp 47.6 Baker/Copper | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 47.6 Baker/Copper | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Claus Sass Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Richland Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Richland Deposit | Diatomite | Unknown |
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 New Bridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7005650 | 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 1146799. 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.