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Drewsey, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Drewsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97904. It stands on Stinkingwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Drewsey quadrangle. It stands 4,148 feet above sea level.

Drewsey within Harney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Drewsey between 1993 and 2013, burning about 32,650 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictDREWSEY TABLE
28 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBurns District2541
9 August 1996Debris and open burning20 acresBurns DistrictDREWSEY DP
7 August 2008Natural1.0 acresBurns District8268
21 August 2006Natural38 acresBurns District2516
20 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictMULE CPGS
13 August 1996Natural1.5 acresBurns DistrictDREWSEY
7 July 2002Natural2.0 acresBurns DistrictISA FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harney County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Drewsey: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony, Mercury, Diatomite. 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
Red Butte ProspectAntimony, Gold, Mercury, LeadProspect
Sitz Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Otis Basin DiatomiteDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Otis Basin DiatomiteDiatomiteProspect
Red ButteAntimonyPast ProducerStibnite
Woodson LongMercuryOccurrence1953
Woodson Long ProspectMercuryProspect
Edmunson SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edmunson SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harney County

Storms near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drewsey in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDrewsey$1,000,000A wind gust associated with a strong thunderstorm brought several trees down near the Ontario airport. Multiple power outages were also reported.
June 2023Heavy RainDrewsey-The mesonet station, ATFO3, near Burns, OR measured 0.81 inches of rain.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindDrewsey-The mesonet station OD219 2.5 miles southeast of Drewsey measured a wind gust near 65 mph.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindDrewsey-A trained spotter near Drewsey, OR reported a blown down willow tree and small hail.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindDrewsey-The mesonet station ATFO3 at Antelope measured a 53 knot wind gust.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindDrewsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harney 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
Buchanan17.5 miles9
Frost Mill20.7 miles12
Van20.8 miles9
Harney26.2 miles11
Dunnean26.6 miles8
Crane29.0 miles9
Trout Creek31.0 miles10
Venator31.9 miles8

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 DrewseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474138The 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 1120081. 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.