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Cracker City, Oregon

14 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 stands on Little Cracker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bourne quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cracker City within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Cracker City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. 112 started naturally. 1 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
Natural112
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestSEVEN SINGER
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestLITTLE BITTY
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 220 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 220 workings within 5 miles of Cracker City (historical): 82 prospects, 64 occurrences, 48 past producers, 19 producers. 19 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
Allen Nickel ProspectNickelOccurrence
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
ChlorideLead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, ZincOccurrenceVein
Chloride MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, BismuthOccurrenceArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Chloride MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadProspect
ColumbiaGold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Mercury, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Columbia MineGold, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer

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
Bourne0.5 miles14
Cableville (historical)4.0 miles13
Sumpter5.4 miles13
Little Alps9.9 miles13
McEwen10.1 miles13
Rock Creek11.0 miles13
Whitney (historical)12.2 miles13
Pocahontas (historical)12.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1158861. 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.