Austin, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Prairie City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97817. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austin quadrangle. It stands 4,114 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Sumpter quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Austin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bates quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Austin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
212 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Austin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 191 acres in total. 169 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 169 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-2012-12276 |
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-327 |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 13446 |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 13403 |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | ZEUS |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-316 |
| 3 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-12269 |
| 3 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-12272 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Austin: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listen Lake Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Middle Fork Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Placer Gulch Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Gray Eagle | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Middle Fork Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Austin | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Austin/Dixie Summit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tipton | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austin in 1 storm report in 2004: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Hail | Austin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bates | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Robinsonville | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Porterville (historical) | 14.4 miles | 14 | |
| Prairie City | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Granite | 14.9 miles | 14 | |
| Susanville | 17.0 miles | 12 | |
| Galena | 18.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cabell City | 21.3 miles | 13 |
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 Austin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474176 | 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 1137344. 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.





