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Cableville, Oregon

13 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 97877. It lies near Erin Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Mount Ireland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cableville within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Cableville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,632 acres in total. 125 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
Natural125
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
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
6 September 2006Natural7.2 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestBUBBLING SPRINGS
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCRANE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 223 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 223 workings within 5 miles of Cableville (historical): 79 prospects, 67 occurrences, 53 past producers, 18 producers. 18 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
Cap Martin MineGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceVein
ColumbiaGold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Mercury, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Columbia MineGold, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
Crown Point MineGold, Silver, ArsenicProspectVein
Eagle VeinGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, ArsenicProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Elk HeavenGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ArsenicPast ProducerVein

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)4.0 miles14
Bourne4.4 miles14
Sumpter8.4 miles13
Little Alps8.8 miles13
Rock Creek13.0 miles13
Whitney (historical)13.7 miles13
McEwen13.9 miles13
Parkersville (historical)14.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1131067. 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.