BlockRoberts, Oregon
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97302. It lies near Illahe Hill. The Survey maps it on the Salem West quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1915 USGS Eola quadrangle1:31680
- 1917 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Salem West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Salem West quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 42 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Roberts: 19 past producers, 13 producers, 8 occurrences, 2 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Acre Ranch | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Aluminum | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Bauxite Chapman and Eola Hills | Aluminum, Titanium, Metal, Iron | Occurrence | Bauxite, Gibbsite | |
| Bauxite Prospect | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Chapman and Eola Hills Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Illahee Hill | Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Salem Hills Bauxite | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Lithium | Occurrence | 1945 | |
| Salem Hills Bauxite | Aluminum, Silica, Titanium, Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Tuff Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Illahee Hill | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roberts in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Roberts | - | Station AU762 in Salem. |
| January 2012 | Flood | Roberts | - | Widespread low-land flooding occurred in Marion County, resulting in considerable flood damage to homes in southeast Salem and Turner. Residents of 300 homes in Turner had to be evacuated, including 90 residents of the Turner Retirement Home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dencer (historical) | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Liberty | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Grabenhorst Corner | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rosedale | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Salem Station (historical) | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Salem | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Highland Station (historical) | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Sunnyside | 5.6 miles | 17 |
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 Q113537174 | 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 1163229. 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.
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.