BlockOxbow, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Halfway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97840. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oxbow 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 13 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 Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Copperfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Oxbow quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Oxbow quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Oxbow (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 18,611 acres in total. 22 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BLUE |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | HUNTER CRK |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Baker Unit | MC CLAIN GULCH |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 693 acres | Vale District | HUNSAKER |
| 4 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | WINDY |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Baker Unit | HOMESTEAD |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | SCORPION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Oxbow (historical): 5 prospects, 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Belt Mine | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1905 | |
| Iron Dike | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1897 | |
| Iron Dyke Copper Co. | Selenium, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1897, 1916 | |
| McCarty Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Nugget Corporation of Oregon Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Red Mound | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Red Mound Claims | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| A. J. Cole Property | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Farrell Group | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Farrell Group | Copper | Prospect |
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 1157182. 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.