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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1946 USGS Eagle Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Eagle Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Prineville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Alkali Flat quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0757 |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | CY FLACK |
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0914 |
| 5 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0440 |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | DOUBTFUL |
| 3 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | OLPROSPECT |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | COYOTE BT |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | I807 |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sage Hollow Mining Inc | Uranium | Occurrence | Uranophane | |
| Sage Hollow Mining Inc. | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson | Mercury | Occurrence | 1939 | |
| Hudson Prospect | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Ideal | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Limonite | |
| Ideal Cinnabar | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Ideal Cinnabar Mine | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Ideal Prospect | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Israel | Mercury | Occurrence | 1931 | |
| Israel Prospect | Mercury | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Canyon | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Post | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Prineville | 17.0 miles | 10 | |
| Powell Butte | 21.0 miles | 16 | |
| Forest Crossing | 28.0 miles | 15 | |
| Paulina | 38.4 miles | 14 | |
| Suplee | 53.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q112871439 | 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 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.






