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Post, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Crooked River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97752. It stands on Horse Heaven Creek. The Survey maps it on the Post quadrangle. It stands 3,383 feet above sea level.

Post within Crook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Post between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,344 acres in total. 26 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
Natural26
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPOLLARD BUTTE
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePrineville UnitPRINGLE CREEK
23 September 2011Debris and open burning31 acresPrineville UnitHORSE HEAVEN
22 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrineville District0916
17 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresPrineville District0798
15 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictPOSTSCHOOL
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMOTHER FIRE
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acrePrineville UnitP SMC-HORSE HEAVEN

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Post: 9 past producers, 7 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Riverside RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riverside Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Crook County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Post in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 2 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2011FloodPost-Ice jams which plugged culverts combined with rainfall and melting snow caused flooding. This prompted the closure of Conant Basin Road near Post and also Juniper Canyon Road.
May 1998Heavy RainPost-0.70 inches of rain fell in 50 minutes with 1/3 inch hail and wind gusts to 30 mph.
June 1998Heavy RainPost-One inch of rain fell in ten minutes.
July 2004HailPost-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crook County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Roberts11.7 miles11
Juniper Canyon15.9 miles9
Prineville20.6 miles10
Paulina28.0 miles14
Powell Butte28.6 miles16
Forest Crossing33.9 miles15
Suplee43.6 miles14

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 PostAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7233464The 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 1154315. 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.