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Bourne, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Hereford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97814. It stands on Little Cracker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bourne quadrangle. It stands 5,374 feet above sea level.

Bourne within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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 Bourne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 104 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
Natural104
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestWINDY
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCOUGAR
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestLITTLE BITTY
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestSMALL FRY
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestMT. EVEREST
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCRACKER HORSE
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestRAPPEL
6 September 2006Natural2.0 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestSILVER FRUIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 202 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 202 workings within 5 miles of Bourne: 76 prospects, 58 occurrences, 47 past producers, 17 producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Arsenic. 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
Brooklyn MineGold, Silver, Copper, ArsenicOccurrencePyrite
Brooklyn MineGold, Silver, Arsenic, CopperProspect
California MineZinc, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, CopperProducer1873
California MineGold, Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
ChlorideLead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, ZincOccurrenceVein
Chloride MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, BismuthOccurrenceArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Chloride MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadProspect
ColumbiaGold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Mercury, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Columbia MineGold, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
Consuelo Oregon MinesGold, Silver, Platinum, MercuryPast Producer

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
Cracker City (historical)0.5 miles14
Cableville (historical)4.4 miles13
Sumpter5.4 miles13
Little Alps9.8 miles13
McEwen9.8 miles13
Rock Creek10.6 miles13
Pocahontas (historical)12.0 miles15
Whitney (historical)12.4 miles13

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 BourneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4950204The 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 1136088. 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.