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Conner Creek, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eagle Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97907. It lies near Quaking Aspen Flat. The Survey maps it on the Connor Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Conner Creek within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Conner Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 39,739 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
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
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreVale DistrictSUGARLOAF
6 September 2006Natural2,131 acresVale DistrictLOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictLOOKOUT TREE
24 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresVale DistrictLIME
2 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVale DistrictBURNT RIVER RFPA 6
16 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use2,026 acresPayette National ForestMOUNTAIN MAN
12 September 1996Natural5.0 acresVale DistrictSNAKE RD
7 August 2016Natural1.9 acresVale DistrictTWIN TREES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Conner Creek (historical): 10 occurrences, 10 past producers, 10 unknowns, 6 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Limestone, General. 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
Connor Creek MineGold, SilverPast Producer1871
Connor Creek ProspectMercury, Chromium, Gold, NickelOccurrenceChromite, Cinnabar
Connor Creek ProspectMercury, Nickel, Gold, ChromiumProspect
Liddy GroupGold, Silver, Copper, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
Mullin ProspectGold, Silver, Antimony, CopperProducerVein
Soda Creek Uranium ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Soda Creek Uranium ProspectUraniumUnknown
Ash Grove PropertyLimestone, GeneralProspect
Conner & Fox CreeksLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Connor & Fox CreeksLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

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
Weatherby10.7 miles11
Jett (historical)11.8 miles11
Lime13.0 miles11
Richland13.7 miles14
Durkee14.4 miles14
Robinette15.2 miles14
Huntington15.7 miles11
New Bridge15.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130926. 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.