BlockPine Creek, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Halfway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97834. It stands on McCarty Creek. The Survey maps it on the McLain Gulch 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.
- 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 Mc Lain Gulch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Pine Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,111 acres in total. 20 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 29 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | SPLIT TREE |
| 29 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Vale District | NORTH SLOPE |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | SCORPION |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | LITTLE ELK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pine Creek: 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Eagle Island Creek Prospect | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Prospect No. 1 | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| A. J. Cole Property | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Strike Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Thorne Flat Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Thorne Flat Prospect | 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 2053984. 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.