Adel, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Warner Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97620. The Survey maps it on the Adel quadrangle. It stands 4,547 feet above sea level.
On record in Adel
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
David L. Shirk Ranchlisted 2009
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Adel quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Adel quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Adel quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Adel quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Adel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Adel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Adel between 1994 and 2018, burning about 47 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 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 | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Lakeview District | BIRD |
| 3 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | PELICAN LAKE |
| 2 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | WILLOW CREEK TWO |
| 15 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | PELICAN |
| 13 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | WATERLOG |
| 10 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | TUMBLE |
| 4 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | FISH CREEK |
| 29 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | TOWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Adel: 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Mercury, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Adel | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Adel Mercury Occurrence | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Adle Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Crump Valley | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Warner Valley | Geothermal | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adel in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Hail | Adel | - | One inch hail was reported at the Plush store. The thunderstorm also had heavy rain and gusty winds. Hail covered the ground. Debris flows occurred on State Highway 140 west of Adel, covering the road in six places along a one mile stretch. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plush | 16.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hot Springs (historical) | 22.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview | 23.7 miles | 10 | |
| New Pine Creek | 24.6 miles | 22 | |
| Five Corners | 28.4 miles | 10 | |
| Valley Falls | 29.3 miles | 11 | |
| West Side | 31.8 miles | 10 | |
| Drews Valley (historical) | 42.2 miles | 12 |
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 Adel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459659 | 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 1116775. 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.





