BlockParadise, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97828. The Survey maps it on the Paradise quadrangle. It stands 4,114 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Wallowa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Paradise between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,381 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BRODY |
| 28 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | DEER POND |
| 26 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | LYTLE |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | RIM ROCK |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 3 |
| 7 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | BUFORD BREAKS |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | APPLE TOP |
| 6 August 2006 | Smoking | 7.3 acres | Wallowa Unit | 4-CORNERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Paradise: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paradise in 2 storm reports in 2006: 2 hail. 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.
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 Paradise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11697705 | 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 1147411. 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.