Wallowa County, Oregon

64 topographic sheets cover 25 settlements here, and 22 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

22 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oregon within the United States

Wallowa County within Oregon

What the record shows

264 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
22 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 18 buildings, 3 districts and 1 site.
1 of the 22 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 25 populated places in this county; 25 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Dr. J. W. Barnard Building and First National Bank of Joseph	building	1991	91000810
Billy Meadows Guard Station	building	1991	91000161
Burnaugh Building	building	1993	93000434
College Creek Ranger Station	district	1991	91000171
Enterprise IOOF Hall	building	2012	12000083
Enterprise Mercantile and Milling Company Building	building	2012	12000084
Enterprise Public Library	building	2013	13000806
First Bank of Joseph	building	1978	78002324
Flora School	building	1997	97000579
Gotter Hotel	building	1994	93001499
Hoodoo Ridge Lookout	district	2015	15000273
Hunter-Morelock House	building	1985	85000373
Kirkland Lookout Ground House (Guard Station)	building	1991	91000165
Lick Creek Guard Station	building	1986	86000844
Lostine Pharmacy	building	2014	14000961
Nez Perce Traditional Site, Wallowa Lake	site	1989	89001082
O.K. Theatre	building	2012	12000085
Wallowa County Chieftain Building	building	2012	12000964
Wallowa County Courthouse	building	2000	00000805
Wallowa Ranger Station	district	2009	09000865
William P. Warnock House	building	1984	84000486
William P. Warnock House (Boundary Increase)	building	2011	10001170

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,829 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,829 of them, burning about 535,017 acres. 1,486 started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	1486
Recreation and ceremony	148
Debris and open burning	71
Equipment and vehicle use	44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	42
Smoking	17
Power generation/transmission/distribution	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Other causes	2
Fireworks	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
13 July 2007	Natural	79,149 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	BATTLE CREEK
20 August 2012	Natural	73,582 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	CACHE CREEK
24 August 2000	Natural	56,319 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	JIM CREEK RANCH
2 August 1996	Natural	52,600 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	SALT CREEK
6 August 2005	Natural	36,800 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	GRANITE CREEK
3 August 2014	Natural	36,185 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	SOMERS
24 August 2000	Natural	32,967 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	DEEP CREEK CABIN
8 August 2005	Natural	22,603 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	TRYON

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2024

60 of 96 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 96 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 4 injuries and about $26,359,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	39
Thunderstorm Wind	17
Flood	11
Flash Flood	8
Tornado	7
Lightning	6
Funnel Cloud	4
Heavy Rain	2
Wildfire	2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2022	Hail	Minam	4 hurt	A trained spotter in Wallowa, OR reported a severe thunderstorm that was producing hailstones the size of tennis balls. Reports and pictures received from the public also indicated that hail had damaged the sidings of windows of homes, as well as damaging the panels and windows of uncovered vehicles. 4 injuries from the large hailstones were also relayed by the trained spotter.
June 1968	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000,000	no account filed
July 2002	Flash Flood	Joseph	$1,000,000	The Wallowa County Sheriff's Office confirmed a mudslide near the Blue Mountain Council Boy Scout Camp at the south end of Wallowa Lake. The mudslide destroyed a dining hall near the boy scout camp. The debri flow in the lake was several feet thick. The mudslide swept away several trees and damaged three vehicles in its path.
February 2020	Flood	Troy	$129,000	Flood stage is 10.0 feet. The river rose above flood stage on February 7, at 125 am, crested at 11.73 feet on February 7, 1015 am, then fell below flood stage on February 8, at 430am. There was moderate flooding along the Grande Ronde River from Troy downstream to the Washington border. Redmond Grade road as well as Troy road and several other county roads were damaged. Damage is estimated at 129, 591 dollars.
May 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Wallowa	$100,000	Eyewitnesses saw the cover being ripped off the sewer ponds and rotating debris being blown into the air across the Wallowa Rover.
April 2019	Flood	Wallowa	$50,000	Field and roadway flooding was seen along the Grande Ronde River and numerous other small streams with significant snowmelt and heavy rain.
May 2001	Lightning	Enterprise	$40,000	Lightning struck a 75 foot radio antenna and short-circuited many electronic devices such as faxes, computers and phones, which were located next to the tower. One business owner estimated total losses of over 25 thousand dollars. Other lightning strikes cut power to 800 customers in the nearby towns of Wallowa Lake and Joseph.
June 1969	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Imnaha	$10,000	Winds from a severe thunderstorm estimated at 70 mph felled several trees just north of Imnaha. Several other locations near town also lost trees and large branches. An estimated 0.8 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes just north of Imnaha.
July 1992	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Imnaha	$1,000	Strong winds from a thunderstorm knocked down several trees. In addition, an estimated one inch of rain fell in 10 to 15 minutes in Imnaha.
July 2002	Flash Flood	Imnaha	$1,000	Nearly stationary thunderstorm with heavy rainfall caused 1-2 feet of water to flow over road to Halfway.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Wallowa	$1,000	Strong winds from a thunderstorm knocked down several trees in Wallowa. Hail also fell with this storm.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Lostine	-	Public reported several downed trees and power outages. Wind speed estimated from damage.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Imnaha	-	Social media reported a large tree down in Imnaha with power outages. Wind gust of 56 mph measured from co-op observer.
April 2024	Hail	Joseph	-	A thunderstorm developed over the Wallowa Mountains late in the afternoon of April 14, moving northwest into more populated areas of the Wallowa Valley, such as Joseph and Lostine.
August 2024	Hail	Lostine Station	-	A social media report from Lostine, Oregon indicated that hail stones up to 1.25 inches in size fell around 1627 PDT. A trained spotter 1 mile west northwest of Lostine reported hail stones to the size of 1 inch around 1628 PDT.
May 2020	Hail	Joseph	-	Nickle to quarter size hail covering the ground in Joseph.
May 2018	Hail	Imnaha	-	Largest hail estimated at 1 inch in diameter near Imnaha in Wallowa county.
May 2018	Flash Flood	Imnaha Memaloose Arp	-	Run off and land slides damaged Imnaha Highway (Hwy 350) between mile posts 14 and 20. Road was closed and clean up continued into at least the next day. Rainfall south of Imnaha was as much as 0.87 inches over a one and a half hour period leading up to the flood.
March 2017	Flood	Troy	-	The Grande Ronde river at Troy (flood stage 10.0 feet) crested at 11.5 feet at 1000 on March 16, fell below flood stage and then rose again to 11.7 feet at 0100 on March 19th. River went below flood stage around 1400 on March 20th.
May 2017	Flood	Imnaha	-	The Imnaha River at Imnaha had minor flooding early on May 6th, due to snow melt. The river crested at the flood stage of 5.5 feet early on May 6th.
October 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Joseph	-	Trained Spotter Estimated a 70 MPH wind gust.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Imnaha	-	Public reported 12 large trees downed.
July 2016	Hail	Imnaha	-	Although this is reported as 1 inch hail, it was discovered 15 hours after the storm. Indicating this could have been much larger hail.
July 2016	Tornado (EF0)	Roberts Butte	-	Photos of the tornado and information was submitted via email to us.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Roberts Butte	-	ODOT reported trees down across Highway 350 at mile post 16.8.
May 2013	Tornado (EF0)	Lostine	-	COOP observer sent in pictures and a brief video of the short lived tornado.
April 2012	Flood	Imnaha	-	The Imnaha River at Imnaha crested at 5.94 feet on April 26 at 10:30 pm. Flood stage is 5.5 feet.
July 2012	Hail	Flora	-	Winds gusting to 40 mph preceded the hail.
June 2011	Hail	Troy	-	Hail was followed by heavy rainfall.
June 2011	Hail	Troy	-	Hail ranged from pea size up to quarter size. Also, .60 inch of rainfall in about 20 minutes and wind gusts to 30 mph.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Joseph	-	Thunderstorm downed four large trees at the Scout Camp south of Wallowa Lake.
January 2011	Flood	Troy	-	Only minor flooding observed. The river at Troy crested at 10.3 which was .3 above flood stage.
June 2010	Hail	Enterprise Arpt	-	Quarter sized hail covered the ground and chipped paint on car. Hail was accompanied by heavy rainfall.
August 2010	Hail	Imnaha	-	Hail of ping pong and golf ball size reported by the public and a spotter.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Roberts Butte	-	Wallowa County dispatch reported a tree blown down on Highway 3 at milepost 30.
June 2010	Flood	Troy	-	The Grande Ronde River at Troy crested 10 pm on June 4 at 10.8 feet. Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
June 2010	Flood	Imnaha	-	The Imnaha River at Imnaha crested at 6.1 feet on June 4 at 730 pm. Flood stage is 5.5 feet.
June 2010	Flood	Minam	-	Flooding reported in the Minam area with emergency crews sandbagging local businesses and removing debris from surrounding area. A USGS river gauge was destroyed.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Lostine Station	-	Thunderstorm winds broke the 1.5 inch diameter top off a 10 year old maple tree. Winds accompanied by very heavy rainfall and hail.
August 2009	Heavy Rain	Lostine	-	Rainfall of 1.1 inches was measured in 20 minutes.
May 2009	Hail	Flora	-	Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported nickel sized hail.
August 2009	Hail	Enterprise	-	Spotter reported the ground was white with hail and small branches were knocked down.
August 2009	Hail	Wallowa	-	In additon, heavy rain fell for almost 1 hour.
May 2008	Flood	Imnaha	-	The Imnaha River gage crested several times above flood stage with a peak of 6.26 on May 19.
May 2006	Flood	Imnaha	-	Minor flooding along the Imnaha river near Imnaha. River crested at 5.61 feet on 05/21/06. Flood stage is 5.5 feet.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Enterprise	-	Large tree blocking the road to Freezeout Trail.
August 2006	Tornado (F0)	Enterprise	-	Brief landspout tornado observed moving north by several golfers at Alpine Meadows Golf Course northwest of Enterprise. Tornado hit trees and broke off branches up to 2 inches in diameter.
August 2006	Lightning	Lostine	-	Lightning started a barn fire which was quickly extinguished by neighbors and the Lostine Volunteer Fire Department.
August 2003	Wildfire	Joseph	-	The Lightning Complex Fire was a lightning sparked fire which burned 16,028 acres, destroying one structure. The fire burned shrubs, grass, and timber. The cost of fighting the fire topped 1.1 million dollars.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Joseph	-	Numerous trees reported down countywide.
September 2002	Wildfire	Wallowa	-	Around 200 firefighters were assigned to the Anniversary fire, which was sparked by lightning on an unknown date near the bottom of Big Canyon. Three engines, one dozer, four air tankers, one helicopter, and two water tenders were assigned to this fire, which burned 290 acres.
June 2001	Hail	Joseph	-	One inch hail, along with gusty winds, was reported at an elevation of 4200 feet.
August 2001	Lightning	Enterprise	-	Lightning struck a tree southeast of Enterprise, knocking it into a power line. Power was then lost for around 5 hours to sections of Enterprise, Joseph, and Wallowa Lake.
August 2001	Lightning	Imnaha	-	Lightning sparked the Horse Creek fire, which burned over 15,000 acres along a ridge between Horse Creek and the Imnaha River. This fire, which was finally contained on the 24th of August, threatened the town of Imnaha and led to the closure of Hat Point Road.
May 1998	Heavy Rain	Imnaha	-	3.10 inches of rain fell in a 25 hour period. Springs and streams flowing out of canyons flooded and left one to one and a half foot deep ruts in some roads.
July 1998	Flash Flood	Joseph Arpt	-	Flash flooding along Hurricane Creek about four miles west of Joseph Airport washed out several roads and stranded some campers. The flash floods caused four mud slides. About 25 people were stranded when the largest slide went across the road and change the course of Hurricane Creek. The slide was estimated to be 150 feet wide and 4 feet deep. One of the mud slides pushed a Chevy Geo about 12 feet into the side of the owners' tent. No one was injured.
July 1998	Flash Flood	Lostine	-	Water overflowed banks of Hurricane Creek. Mudslides in Lostine Canyon covered a few places along the road.
July 1998	Hail	Minam	-	Dime sized (3/4 inch) hail fell in Minam.

Mines and quarries

333 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 333 workings inside this county. 27 still produce and 306 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Copper	84
Gold	47
Sand and Gravel, Construction	31
Stone, Crushed/Broken	28
Stone	27
Silver	21
Limestone, General	14
Silver, Gold	14
Gold, Silver, Copper	10
Uranium	8
Silver, Copper	8
Gold, Silver	7
Molybdenum	5
Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	5

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Aneroid Lake Basin	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum	Occurrence
Aneroid Lake Basin	Copper, Molybdenum, Silver	Prospect
Chalco Prospect	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	Occurrence	1960
Chalco Prospect	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	Prospect
Cheval	Silver, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite
Cheval Prospect	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum	Prospect
Contact Group	Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Contact Group	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	Occurrence
Cook Creek Warm Spring	Geothermal	Producer
Copper Gem Group	Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead	Prospect
Copper King	Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper	Occurrence
Donnelly Group	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Donnelly Group	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Donnelly Group	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Prospect
Falls Creek Forest Camp	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Occurrence	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Fargo Group	Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron, Zinc	Prospect
Frazier Lake	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
Frazier Lake Prospects	Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Lead, Gold	Prospect
Frazier Property	Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead	Occurrence	1905
Gold Lode Claim	Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gold Nugget	Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver	Occurrence
Gold Nugget Prospect	Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Golden Eagle Group	Silver, Stone	Occurrence
Good Enough Prospect	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper	Occurrence	1909
Green Group	Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1906
Gyllenberg Claims	Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gyllenberg Claims	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver	Prospect
H R Ahalt Uranium Occurrence	Silver, Copper, Uranium, Gold	Occurrence
Happy Jack	Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Hard Climb Prospect	Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead	Occurrence	Galena, Sphalerite
Hard Climb Prospect	Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Prospect
Highland Mary Group	Copper, Zinc	Prospect
Hurricane Creek	Sulfur-Pyrite, Limestone, General	Occurrence
Hurricane Creek	Limestone, Dimension	Occurrence
Ice Lake Group	Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten	Occurrence	Vein
Ice Lake Group	Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Molybdenum	Prospect
Joseph Mountain Mine	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc	Occurrence	Vein
Joseph Mountain Mines	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Gold	Prospect
Le Gore Prospect	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Garnet, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
Le Gore Prospect	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver, Molybdenum	Prospect
Lost Creek Quartz Prospect	Nickel, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Garnet	Prospect
Lostine Copper Claims No 1,2,3,& 4	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold	Prospect
Lostine Copper Group	Copper, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Matterhorn	Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Matterhorn Prospects	Copper, Molybdenum, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect
Mc Cully Basin	Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Gemstone, Silver	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Metzger	Tungsten, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite, Scheelite
Metzger Property	Molybdenum, Tungsten, Copper, Silver	Occurrence	Molybdenite, Scheelite
Metzger Property	Tungsten, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper	Prospect
Molybdenum-Copper Occurence	Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Old Frances Lake Trail Prospects	Silver, Lead, Copper	Prospect
Old Francis Lake Trail	Silver, Copper, Lead	Occurrence	Pyrite
Peacock	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Tungsten	Prospect
Red Cloud	Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Stone	Occurrence	Iron
Red Cloud Prospect	Copper, Lead, Molybdenum	Prospect
Saddle Prospect	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Occurrence	Malachite
Seeber	Molybdenum, Copper	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Silver Bullet	Molybdenum, Emery, Copper	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite
Silver Bullet Prospect	Copper, Molybdenum, Garnet	Prospect
Tenderfoot Property	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	Prospect
Transvaal Mines	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite
Vancouver	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Iron, Pyrite
Walla Walla Group	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Western Union Group	Copper, Iron	Occurrence	1897
William Mc Crady	Uranium, Copper	Occurrence	Bornite, Malachite
Brooklyn Group	Silver, Gold, Copper	Occurrence	1895
Bumper	Copper, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Hematite, Limonite
Deer - Elk	Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Vein
Deer-El6 Prospect	Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	Prospect
Falls Creek Forest Camp	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Prospect
Good Enough Prospect	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Prospect
Grandview Prospect	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Prospect
Green Group	Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead	Prospect
Happy Jack Prospect	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver	Prospect
Kipp-Freeman	Copper, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Pyrite
Le Gore	Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Molybdenum-Copper Occurence	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Saddle Prospect	Copper, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Saddle Prospect	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Prospect
Tenderfoot	Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	Occurrence	Pyrite
Treasure Group	Silver, Gold, Copper	Occurrence
Twin Ledge	Gold, Copper, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Uranium Occurrence	Uranium, Copper, Gold, Silver	Unknown
Vancouver Claim	Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead	Prospect
Wallowa County Mining & Development Co.	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Wilmot	Tungsten	Occurrence
Wilmot Property	Tungsten	Prospect
Buck Horse Prospect	Copper, Silver	Occurrence	Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite
Fargo Group	Copper, Gold, Iron	Occurrence	1897
Highland Mary Group	Copper, Iron	Occurrence	1897
Huffman Prospect	Copper, Silver	Occurrence	1870
Imnaha Group	Copper, Silver	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Western Union Group	Copper, Iron	Prospect
Banner Group	Copper, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Blue Bucket	Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Copper Mountain Group	Copper, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Deep Creek Prospects	Gold, Copper	Occurrence
Dug Creek Prospect	Copper, Gold	Occurrence
Electrolytic	Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Pyrite
Greenhorn & Verdie Lodes	Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Greenhorn and Verdie Lodes	Silver, Gold, Copper	Prospect
Scholl's Louis Prospect	Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Twin Ledge	Silver, Copper, Gold	Prospect
Unknown	Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Bumber Prospect	Copper, Molybdenum	Prospect
Contact	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Contact Group	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	Prospect
Gold Lode Prospect	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	Occurrence
Green	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Kipp-Freeman Prospect	Copper, Molybdenum	Prospect
Mc Cully Basin Prospect	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	Prospect
Seeber Mine	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	Prospect
Transvaal Mines	Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold	Prospect
Wilmot, Matterhorn	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Armstrong Group Placers	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Cold Springs Contact	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Garnet, Pyrite
Frances Lake Ridge Prospect	Copper, Gold, Silver	Prospect
Gillispie	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Pyrite
Peritite Lode Prospect	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Saddle Prospect	Copper, Gold, Silver	Prospect
Skookum Creek Property	Copper, Gold, Silver	Prospect
Bluebird Group	Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Edward Groh	Uranium	Occurrence
Edward Groh	Uranium	Occurrence
Great Northern Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Greenhorn and Verdie Lodes	Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Last Chance	Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Miners Basin	Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Old Time Prospect	Gold, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Oregon	Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Peritite Claim	Gold, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence
Uranium Occurrence	Uranium	Occurrence
Uranium Occurrence	Uranium	Occurrence
Uranium Occurrence	Uranium, Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
William Mc Crady Prospect	Uranium, Copper	Occurrence
Andy Heaverne Claims	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Boner Flat	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Frances Lake Ridge	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Malachite, Pyrite
Grandview Claims	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Great Northern Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Old Timer Prospect	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Peritite Claim	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	1916
Skookum Creek	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Twin Eagle	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Black Cat	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Black Cat Prospect	Limestone, General	Prospect
Black Marble Co.	Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Black Marble Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer
Blue Bucket Prospect	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Boner Flat Prospect	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Cherry Creek Prospect	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Copper Mountain Mine	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
D and D	Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Replacement
Discovery	Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Pyrite
Greenhorn and Verdie Lodes	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Hat Point Prospect	Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Hurraican Creek	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Hurricane Creek	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Iron King Group	Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Limestone Marble Occurrence	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Limestone Occurrance	Limestone, General	Producer
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Producer
Old Timer Prospect	Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Olympic and Allen Mines	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Papico Lode	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Royal Purple Mine	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Treasure Group	Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Unnamed Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Unnamed Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Wallowa Cement & Lime	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Armstrong Group Placers	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Bluebird6group	Silver, Copper	Prospect
Buck Horse Prospect	Copper, Silver	Prospect
Cold Springs Contact Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Discovery Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Gillespie Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Golden Eagle Group	Silver	Occurrence
Huffman Prospect	Copper, Silver	Prospect
Imnaha Group	Copper, Silver	Prospect
Last Chance Prospect	Silver, Copper	Prospect
Miners Basin	Copper, Silver	Prospect
Old Timer Prospect	Silver	Prospect
Oregon Lode Prospect	Silver, Copper	Prospect
Peritite Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Silver Site	Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Silver Site Prospect	Silver	Prospect
Williams Mine	Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Basalt Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Basalt Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Forest Boundery	Stone	Past Producer
Joseph Airport Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Lewiston Hwy Mp 34	Stone	Past Producer
Limestone/Marble Occurrence	Stone	Past Producer
Little Sheep Creek	Stone	Past Producer
Makin	Stone	Past Producer
Mp 38.9 Hwy 11	Stone	Past Producer
Mp 5.9 Sheep Creek Hwy	Stone	Past Producer
Mp 55.4 Wallowa-Lake	Stone	Past Producer
Mp 62 Wallowa-Lake	Stone	Past Producer
Oregon State Pit 32-16-5	Stone	Past Producer
Oregon State Pit 32-16-5	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Sheee Mill Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Sheep Mill Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Stones Sand & Gravel	Stone	Past Producer
Tucker	Stone	Past Producer
Zumwalt Road	Stone	Past Producer
Enterprise Rock Products Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Forest Boundary Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Joseph Airport Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Lewiston Hwy Mp 34 Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Little Sheep Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Makin Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mp 38.9 Hwy 11	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mp 5.9 Sheep Creek Hwy	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mp 55.4 Wallowa-Lake	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mp 62 Wallowa-Lke	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Stones Sand & Gravel	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Tucker Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Wallowa Cement & Lime	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect
Zumwalt Road Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Enterprise Rock Product	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Minam-Spring Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Minam-Spring Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Banner Group	Copper, Gold	Prospect
Copper Canyon	Gold	Occurrence
Copper Canyon Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Deep Creek Prospects	Copper, Gold	Unknown
Dug Creek Prospect	Copper, Gold	Unknown
Electrolytic Mine	Gold, Copper	Prospect
Evening Star	Copper, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Evening Star	Copper, Gold	Prospect
Hominy Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Hominy Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Imnaha Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Imnaha Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Imnaha Placers	Gold	Occurrence	1907
Imnaha Placers	Gold	Occurrence	1907
Imnaha Placers	Gold	Occurrence	1907
Imnaha Placers	Gold	Occurrence
Louis Scholls Prospect	Gold, Copper	Prospect
Mountain Top	Gold	Occurrence
Mountain Top Prospect	Gold	Prospect
North Slope	Gold	Occurrence
North Slope Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Overlook	Gold	Occurrence
Overlook Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Porcupine Group Placers	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Porcupine Group Placers	Gold	Prospect
South Fork Imnaha River Placers	Gold	Occurrence
Streambed Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Temperance Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Temperance Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Thunder Mountain	Gold	Occurrence
Thunder Mountain Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Tunnel	Gold	Occurrence
Yellowbird Group	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Yellowbird Group	Gold	Past Producer
Andy Heaverne Claims	Copper	Occurrence
B C Basin Co	Copper	Occurrence
B C Basin Co	Copper	Occurrence
Brown Lead	Copper	Occurrence
Brown Lead Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Cherry Creek Prospect	Copper	Occurrence
Dove Creek Prospect	Copper	Occurrence
Dove Creek Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Hat Point Prospect	Copper	Occurrence
Independence Claim	Copper	Occurrence
Independence Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Iron King	Copper	Occurrence
Manuel Lopez Claims	Copper	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite
Manuel Lopez Claims	Copper	Prospect
Papico Lode	Copper	Occurrence
Red Mountain Copper Prospect	Copper	Occurrence
Royal Purple	Copper	Occurrence
Salmon Bar	Copper	Occurrence
Salmon Bar Adit	Copper	Prospect
Spangled Treasure	Copper	Occurrence
Spangled Treasure Prospect	Copper	Prospect
Unknown	Copper	Occurrence	Bornite, Malachite
Wilson Mine	Copper	Occurrence	Garnet, Pyrite
Wilson Mine	Copper	Prospect

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Alder

Enterprise census division · 97828 · On Scotch Creek · Enterprise quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1990

No longer a settlement
Armin

Imnaha census division · 97846 · On Coyote Creek · Harl Butte quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1990

No longer a settlement
Bartlett

Flora census division · 97828 · Near Grouse Flat · Troy quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1995
Chico

Imnaha census division · 97828 · On Sumac Creek · Roberts Butte quadrangle

12 sheets, 1955 to 1990

No longer a settlement
Copper

Imnaha census division · 97842 · On Copper Creek · Wolf Creek quadrangle

9 sheets, 1955 to 1980

No longer a settlement
Eden

Flora census division · 97828 · Near Ward Canyon · Eden Ridge quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1995
Enterprise

Enterprise census division · 97828 · On Little Hurricane Creek · Enterprise quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1990
Eustis

Wallowa census division · Near Deerings Meadow · Howard Butte quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1982

No longer a settlement
Evans

Wallowa census division · 97857 · Evans quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1990
Flora

Flora census division · 97828 · Flora quadrangle

9 sheets, 1955 to 1982
Fruita

Imnaha census division · 97842 · On Henry Creek · Puderbaugh Ridge quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1990
Grossman

Wallowa census division · Near Ray Flat · Promise quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1995

No longer a settlement
Grouse

Flora census division · 97828 · On Sheep Creek · Troy quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1995
Imnaha

Imnaha census division · 97842 · On Big Sheep Creek · Imnaha quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1990
Imnaha River Woods Development

Imnaha census division · 97842 · Near Leggett Gulch · Jaynes Ridge quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1990
Joseph

Joseph census division · 97846 · On Newby Creek · Joseph quadrangle

12 sheets, 1955 to 1990
Lewis

Imnaha census division · 97828 · On Gooseberry Creek · Greenwood Butte quadrangle

12 sheets, 1955 to 1990
Lostine

Wallowa census division · 97857 · Lostine quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1990
Maxville

Wallowa census division · 97885 · Akers Butte quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1984
Minam

Wallowa census division · 97885 · On Minam River · Minam quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1982
Paradise

Flora census division · 97828 · Paradise quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1982
Promise

Wallowa census division · 97885 · Promise quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1995
Troy

Flora census division · 97828 · On Wenaha River · Troy quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1995
Wallowa

Wallowa census division · 97885 · On Whisky Creek · Wallowa quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1982
Zumwalt

Imnaha census division · 97842 · Zumwalt quadrangle

10 sheets, 1954 to 1990

The vanished settlements of Wallowa County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.