BlockDe Moss Springs, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It lies in ZIP code area 97039. It lies near De Moss Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wasco quadrangle. It stands 1,572 feet above sea level.
On record in De Moss Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
DeMoss Springs Parklisted 2007 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wasco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Wasco quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of De Moss Springs between 2007 and 2012, burning about 15,592 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15,591 acres | Prineville District | 0621 |
| 19 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | Prineville District | 0292 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of De Moss Springs: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hockman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hockman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mp 4.8 Wasco-Heppner Hwy | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 4.8 Wasco-Heppner Hwy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moro | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Monkland | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Wasco | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Klondike | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Erskine | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Boardman (historical) | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Locust Grove | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sinks (historical) | 8.3 miles | 9 |
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 De Moss Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988022 | 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 1158197. 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.