Cabell City, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Prairie City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97877. It lies near Cabell Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Crawfish Lake quadrangle. It stands 5,780 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Crawfish Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bates quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Cabell City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,042 acres in total. 106 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 106 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | SOUTH TRAIL CREEK |
| 6 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | TRAIL CREEK |
| 6 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | HALFWAY |
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 7.2 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BUBBLING SPRINGS |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | CRANE CREEK |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BUBBLES |
| 5 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | NORTH TRAIL |
| 5 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | DAVIS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 113 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 113 workings within 5 miles of Cabell City: 37 occurrences, 36 past producers, 27 prospects, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Buffalo Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| California Mine | Zinc, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Copper | Producer | 1873 | |
| California Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cap Martin Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Cap Martin Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Continental | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | Producer | Vein | |
| Continental Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Point Mine | Gold, Silver, Arsenic | Prospect | Vein | |
| Elk Heaven | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Porterville (historical) | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Robinsonville | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| Austin | 21.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bates | 22.1 miles | 12 | |
| Susanville | 25.4 miles | 12 | |
| Galena | 27.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dale | 31.4 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 Cabell City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249505 | 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 1139098. 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.




