BlockVenator, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Drewsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97732. It stands on Pole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Venator quadrangle. It stands 3,766 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Venator quadrangle1:62500
- 1972 USGS Venator quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Malheur Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Venator between 1996 and 2020, burning about 293,256 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
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 2020 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Burns District | SLOCUM |
| 10 August 2015 | Natural | 360 acres | Burns District | BEAVER CREEK |
| 9 July 2002 | Natural | 2,296 acres | Burns District | SLOKUMM |
| 29 July 2014 | Natural | 14 acres | Burns District | SUNRISE |
| 15 July 1996 | Natural | 30 acres | Vale District | CHINA HILL |
| 14 July 2014 | Natural | 10,355 acres | Burns District | TWIN RESERVIOR |
| 14 July 2014 | Natural | 280,141 acres | Vale District | SADDLE DRAW |
| 14 July 2014 | Natural | 51 acres | Vale District | HUGHES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Venator: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Hot Springs | Geothermal | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunnean | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Crane | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| New Princeton | 15.4 miles | 9 | |
| Princeton (historical) | 16.0 miles | 8 | |
| Buchanan | 26.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lawen | 27.1 miles | 8 | |
| Voltage | 27.3 miles | 8 | |
| Diamond | 30.0 miles | 7 |
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 Venator | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7919561 | 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 1136866. 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.