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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.

Telocaset within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

15 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 August 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCOUGAR
4 August 2011Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestINCIDENT 502
4 August 1998Natural1.0 acresLaGrande DistrictREEVES MTN
20 August 2002Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBADGER FLAT
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictBADGER FLAT
2 August 1998Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictMCKEVER BASIN
18 August 1992Natural600 acresVale DistrictANTLP RES
14 August 1996Natural410 acresLaGrande DistrictHOG VALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jackrabbit ProspectCopperProspect
Jackrabbite Gold ProspectGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Telocaset DiatomiteDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Telocaset DiatomiteDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Riverdale Hill MineGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
Unnamed ProspectGold, Silver, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in Union 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
North Powder7.0 miles12
Union7.7 miles12
Pondosa11.7 miles13
Medical Springs12.0 miles13
Hot Lake12.1 miles12
Cove13.5 miles13
Island City20.2 miles10
La Grande20.7 miles10

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 TelocasetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7697781The 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.