BlockWatson, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Juntura census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97910. It lies near Red Butte Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Diamond Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Diamond Butte quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Mahogany Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Watson (historical) between 1995 and 2017, burning about 9,209 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 September 1997 | Natural | 10 acres | Vale District | RED BU |
| 29 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Vale District | WATSON |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | 581 acres | Vale District | WATSON FIRE |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Vale District | MORCOM RANCH |
| 20 August 2003 | Natural | 3,659 acres | Vale District | ROOSTER CO |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | 1,372 acres | Vale District | DIAMOND BUTTE |
| 8 July 1996 | Natural | 2,280 acres | Vale District | GIN BASIN |
| 13 July 2002 | Natural | 52 acres | Vale District | ROOSTER |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Watson (historical): 2 producers, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gemstone, 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 Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Gemstones Mine | Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Site | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Krb | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Krb | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Red Butte | Gold | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129612. 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.