Telocaset, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Union census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97883. It lies near Antelope Valley. The Survey maps it on the Telocaset quadrangle. It stands 3,455 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Telocaset quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Telocaset quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Telocaset quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Telocaset between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,026 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COUGAR |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | INCIDENT 502 |
| 4 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | LaGrande District | REEVES MTN |
| 20 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BADGER FLAT |
| 2 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | BADGER FLAT |
| 2 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | MCKEVER BASIN |
| 18 August 1992 | Natural | 600 acres | Vale District | ANTLP RES |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | 410 acres | LaGrande District | HOG VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Telocaset: 9 past producers, 8 occurrences, 6 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackrabbit Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Jackrabbite Gold Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Telocaset Diatomite | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Telocaset Diatomite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Riverdale Hill Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Powder | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Union | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pondosa | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Medical Springs | 12.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hot Lake | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cove | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Island City | 20.2 miles | 10 | |
| La Grande | 20.7 miles | 10 |
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 Telocaset | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7697781 | 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 1136819. 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.





