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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Dale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bates quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Dale quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Dale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 88 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BULLY |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | LONESTAR |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | BRIDGE CREEK |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | BONE CANYON CREEK |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | EAGLE |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Umatilla National Forest | BRUSH CREEK |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 44 acres | Pendleton Unit | BURMA ROAD |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bully Butte Quartz | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hard Luck Placer | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| North Fork Tuff | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| North Fork Tuff | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bull Butte Quartz Claims | Gold | Occurrence | Hematite, Limonite | |
| Bull Butte Quartz Claims | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Bully Butte Quartz Claims | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Hard Luck Placer Claim | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dale | $1,000 | Several pine trees were downed. The wind was accompanied by pea sized hail. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Dale | - | 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 2007 | Hail | Dale | - | Heavy rainfall and gusty winds accompanied the storm. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Dale | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Dale | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Dale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ritter | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Caverhill (historical) | 14.2 miles | 13 | |
| Galena | 20.4 miles | 12 | |
| Long Creek | 20.7 miles | 13 | |
| Susanville | 20.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fox | 25.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hamilton | 25.7 miles | 12 |
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 Dale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5210311 | 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 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.





