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Roberts, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Crooked River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97754. The Survey maps it on the Alkali Flat quadrangle. It stands 3,872 feet above sea level.

Roberts 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Roberts between 1992 and 2019, burning about 103 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acrePrineville District0757
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictCY FLACK
22 September 2014Naturalunder an acrePrineville District0914
5 August 2016Naturalunder an acrePrineville District0440
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictDOUBTFUL
3 August 2005Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictOLPROSPECT
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictCOYOTE BT
2 August 1999Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictI807

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Roberts: 8 occurrences, 7 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Uranium, Volcanic Materials. 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
Sage Hollow Mining IncUraniumOccurrenceUranophane
Sage Hollow Mining Inc.Volcanic MaterialsPast Producer
HudsonMercuryOccurrence1939
Hudson ProspectMercuryProspect
IdealMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar, Limonite
Ideal CinnabarMercuryOccurrence
Ideal Cinnabar MineMercuryProspect
Ideal ProspectMercuryProspect
IsraelMercuryOccurrence1931
Israel ProspectMercuryProspect

Every working 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
Juniper Canyon8.6 miles9
Post11.7 miles11
Prineville17.0 miles10
Powell Butte21.0 miles16
Forest Crossing28.0 miles15
Paulina38.4 miles14
Suplee53.4 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.

Wikidata item Q112871439The 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 1637859. 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.