BlockPendair Heights, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97801. It stands on McKay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pendleton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Pendair Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 403 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | POWERPOLE |
| 17 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Umatilla Agency | LINDELL |
| 14 September 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | TRACK |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Umatilla Agency | SOUTH HILL |
| 30 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Umatilla Agency | RIVER |
| 17 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | WATER TREA |
| 5 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | FISH POND |
| 24 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Umatilla Agency | OVERLOOK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Pendair Heights: 31 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| 404 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boggotti Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| German Hall Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Job 75 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kulm Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548331 | 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 1125282. 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.