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Auburn, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hereford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97814. It lies near Freezeout Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Blue Canyon quadrangle. It stands 4,213 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Auburn within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Auburn (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 500 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural58
Recreation and ceremony45
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestSOUTH SHORE
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBIG DUG
8 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestLOST HUNTER
28 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCAMPFIRE #25
28 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaker UnitHWY #7
26 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBaker UnitINC #1094
20 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestRAZOR
2 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBaker UnitCALIFORNIA GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Auburn (historical): 23 past producers, 12 unknowns, 10 prospects, 8 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Section 10 Gold ProspectSilver, GoldOccurrence
Valentine & CannonSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Auburn PlacersGold, SilverProducerPlacer
Littlefield Ditch Gold ProspectGold, SilverOccurrence
Section 10 Gold ProspectGold, SilverOccurrence
Gold MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Gold ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Gold ProspectGold, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Baker County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Baker City7.9 miles15
Estes (historical)7.9 miles15
Pocahontas (historical)8.1 miles15
McEwen8.5 miles13
Wingville9.8 miles15
Encina13.5 miles17
Sumpter14.0 miles13
Haines14.6 miles14

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 Auburn (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4819228The 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 1136017. 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.