Dell, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97918. It stands on Poison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamieson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dell within Malheur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1950 USGS Jamieson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Brogan quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Jamieson quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Dell (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 244 acres in total. 5 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
Natural	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
1 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Vale District	MOTHOM
9 August 2006	Natural	3.0 acres	Vale District	GUM CREEK
7 August 2016	Natural	1.9 acres	Vale District	PEDRO 2
23 August 1997	Natural	15 acres	Vale District	LICK CR
27 June 2017	Natural	211 acres	Vale District	STONE SPRINGS
17 June 1996	Natural	8.0 acres	Vale District	MUD SP
13 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Vale District	VALE RFD 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dell (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Jamieson Hot Springs	Geothermal	Occurrence
Schaffeld Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Schaffeld Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Malheur 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Jamieson	1.3 miles	11
Brogan	5.1 miles	9
Willowcreek	7.2 miles	12
Dennis	9.8 miles	12
Warm Springs (historical)	12.4 miles	11
Home (historical)	13.4 miles	12
Cake (historical)	16.7 miles	10
Humboldt Basin (historical)	17.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1131875. 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.