BlockRobinette, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Halfway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97840. It lies near Tarter Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Posy Valley quadrangle. It stands 2,077 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Pine quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Halfway quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Posy Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Robinette between 1993 and 2018, burning about 3,010 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2016 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Vale District | RUTH |
| 3 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Vale District | RICHLAND D |
| 29 August 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 1.6 acres | Vale District | STAG CREEK |
| 28 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 179 acres | Vale District | SAG |
| 1 August 1997 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Vale District | SAG RD |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,801 acres | Payette National Forest | LONE PINE |
| 28 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | COYOTE FL |
| 13 June 2014 | Natural | 20 acres | Vale District | COYOTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Robinette: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgill Bar Placer | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Reilly Manganese Deposits Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence |
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.
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 Robinette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7352934 | 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 1126115. 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.