Oreana, Idaho
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. It stands on Hart Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oreana quadrangle. It stands 2,815 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Bisuka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bisuka quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Murphy quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Oreana between 1997 and 2017, burning about 1,055 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 | 73 acres | Boise District | FOSSILBUTT |
| 27 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Boise District | MM40 HWY78 |
| 15 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boise District | CLOUDBURST |
| 17 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Boise District | MM44 HWY78 |
| 11 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Boise District | OREO |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 782 acres | Boise District | MM43 HWY78 |
| 19 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boise District | FOSSILCRK |
| 5 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 191 acres | Boise District | WEES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oreana: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chucker Hill | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Pumicite Occurrence | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | ||
| Forman | Geothermal | Prospect | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oreana in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Oreana | 1 hurt, $30,000 | During the evening of July 10th a manufactured home was flipped over in the town of Oreana. One man inside the home was slightly injured. A NWS storm survey team determined that the damage was caused by an F0 tornado. The tornado was short lived and did no other significant damage. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Oreana | - | A trained spotter in Oreana reported large hail measuring 1.75 inches. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Oreana | - | Water was running in Castle Creek at Oreana for the first time this year and was overflowing from a ditch and was running across the driveway. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oreana | - | A trained spotter near Oreana, Idaho reported wind gusts up to 60 MPH. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Oreana | - | A trained spotter near Oreana reported three quarter inch hail. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oreana | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Place | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sinker (historical) | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Spiry Place | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Carothers Place (historical) | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Murphy | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| Doyle Place | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Crill Place | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Grand View | 16.6 miles | 14 |
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 Oreana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16896225 | 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 396985. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









