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Cold Springs, 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 lies in Cold Springs Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hat Rock quadrangle. It stands 574 feet above sea level.

Cold Springs within Umatilla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Cold Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,497 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
12 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresCold Springs National Wildlife RefugeEASTCOLDSP
8 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMcNary National Wildlife RefugeSANDSTATIO
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCold Springs National Wildlife RefugeCOLD SPRINGS
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresCold Springs National Wildlife RefugeCSRAILROAD
27 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresCold Springs National Wildlife RefugeRAILROAD1
19 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresVale DistrictHAT ROCK
1 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresMcNary National Wildlife RefugeHWY 37
9 July 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexWEIGH STATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Umatilla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Cold Springs: 16 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Hat RockStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Diagonal QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hat Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Canal Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Canal Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cristley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cristley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Diagonal QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Umatilla 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
Cold Springs Junction2.8 miles14
Charlestown7.0 miles15
Hermiston7.1 miles15
McNary7.1 miles15
Stanfield7.3 miles13
Power City7.7 miles15
Echo9.5 miles11
Hinkle9.6 miles15

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 Cold SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5142372The 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 1158171. 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.