BlockZumwalt, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Imnaha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97842. The Survey maps it on the Zumwalt quadrangle. It stands 4,573 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Imnaha quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Zumwalt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Zumwalt between 2000 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | LONG RIDGE II |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | FENCE CREEK |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | HELIBASE |
| 29 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | ALDER CREEK |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | MOOSE POND |
| 19 August 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Wallowa Unit | LONG RIDGE |
| 1 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FENCE CREEK |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | ALDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Zumwalt: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Imnaha | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Chico (historical) | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Armin (historical) | 20.1 miles | 11 | |
| Enterprise | 21.6 miles | 10 | |
| Joseph | 23.5 miles | 12 | |
| Alder (historical) | 23.6 miles | 10 | |
| Copper (historical) | 23.9 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q29075459 | 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 1152787. 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.