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Robinsonville, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Prairie City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97877. It lies near Ross Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Greenhorn quadrangle. It stands 6,224 feet above sea level.

Robinsonville within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Robinsonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,453 acres in total. 113 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
Natural113
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestBEN HARRISON
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBACKFIRE
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestWINTERVILLE
5 September 1994Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestZEUS
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBIG DOUG
30 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresUmatilla National ForestWOOLSEY
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 179 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 179 workings within 5 miles of Robinsonville: 58 occurrences, 55 past producers, 49 prospects, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Chromium. 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
BanzetteGold, Copper, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceVein
BanzetteGold, Lead, CopperProspect
Bi MetallicGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Magnesite, Chromium, MolybdenumOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Chromite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Bi Metallic GroupGold, Zinc, Silver, Nickel, Molybdenum, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Bi-MetallicMolybdenum, Gold, SilverOccurrenceMolybdenite
Big Serpentine DykeAsbestosUnknown
BowmanMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
DiademGold, Mercury, Lead, CopperProspect
Diadem and Brindle HorseLead, Gold, Silver, Mercury, CopperOccurrenceVein
Golden Gate MineSilver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1896

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Porterville (historical)7.4 miles14
Granite7.5 miles14
Austin7.7 miles14
Bates8.4 miles12
Cabell City14.0 miles13
Susanville15.9 miles12
Galena17.6 miles12
Prairie City21.0 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 RobinsonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249519The 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 1148559. 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.