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Bohna, Oregon

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Brogan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97906. It stands on China Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bohna within Malheur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Bohna (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60,870 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2003Natural8.0 acresVale DistrictSIMMNS GUL
29 September 2016Natural5.0 acresVale DistrictJUNTURA RFPA 2
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresVale DistrictSHOE TREE
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictSIMMONS GL
7 August 2016Natural11,352 acresVale DistrictSIMMONS GULCH
7 August 2013Natural5.4 acresVale DistrictJONES 2
26 August 1998Natural5.0 acresVale DistrictHOG CREEK
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictINDIAN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bohna (historical): 9 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Dimension. 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
North Gold Creek GeothermalGeothermalProducer
North Gold Creek Optical CalciteCalciumOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Simmons Gulch Epithermal ProspectREEOccurrence
Squaw Creek Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Gold Creek Nos. 1-34 GroupGoldProspect
Treasure Nos. 1-4GoldOccurrence
Unnamed Stone DepositStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Stone DepositStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
North Gold Creek Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Malheur 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
Harper12.8 miles8
Juntura13.7 miles8
Westfall15.8 miles8
Beulah19.4 miles10
Creston21.6 miles8
Riverside24.2 miles8
Clover (historical)24.7 miles9
Warm Springs (historical)25.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1154064. 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.