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Dale, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Long Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97880. It stands on Snake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dale quadrangle. It stands 2,917 feet above sea level.

Dale within Grant 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Dale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,350 acres in total. 88 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
Natural88
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2013Natural1.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBULLY
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestLONESTAR
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePendleton UnitBRIDGE CREEK
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitBONE CANYON CREEK
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePendleton UnitEAGLE
4 September 2013Natural4.0 acresUmatilla National ForestBRUSH CREEK
4 September 2006Natural44 acresPendleton UnitBURMA ROAD
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dale: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. 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
Bully Butte QuartzQuartzOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hard Luck PlacerStonePast Producer
North Fork TuffStonePast Producer
North Fork TuffStonePast Producer
Bull Butte Quartz ClaimsGoldOccurrenceHematite, Limonite
Bull Butte Quartz ClaimsGoldProspect
Bully Butte Quartz ClaimsGoldProspect
Hard Luck Placer ClaimGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dale in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDale$1,000Several pine trees were downed. The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail.
May 2020FloodDale-Flooding of homes near the middle fork of the John Day River near Galena. Also flooding of forest service roads South of Ukiah in the northern part of the County. Emergency Manager reports other road closures and minor flooding of creeks and streams countywide. The John Day River at Monument crested at 14.4 feet at midnight on 5/21/20. Flood stage is 14 feet.
June 2007HailDale-Heavy rainfall and gusty winds accompanied the storm.
May 2016HailDale-no account filed
June 2014HailDale-no account filed
June 2014HailDale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Range6.7 miles13
Ritter12.3 miles13
Caverhill (historical)14.2 miles13
Galena20.4 miles12
Long Creek20.7 miles13
Susanville20.9 miles12
Fox25.7 miles13
Hamilton25.7 miles12

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 DaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5210311The 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 1140600. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.