Cold Springs Junction, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hermiston-Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97838. It stands on Cold Springs Wash. The Survey maps it on the Hat Rock quadrangle. It stands 381 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.
- 1908 USGS Umatilla quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hat Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Hermiston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hat Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Cold Springs Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,359 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge | EASTCOLDSP |
| 8 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | SANDSTATIO |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge | COLD SPRINGS |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge | CSRAILROAD |
| 27 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge | RAILROAD1 |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 248 acres | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | SAND STATION |
| 22 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | STATELINE |
| 19 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Vale District | HAT ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Cold Springs Junction: 14 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Station Deposit | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hat Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Diagonal Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hat Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Diagonal Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Springs | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| McNary | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Charlestown | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Power City | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hermiston | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Stanfield | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Umatilla | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Holdman | 11.3 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551860 | 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 1119123. 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.





