Eldorado, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Brogan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97908. It lies near Rattlesnake Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. It stands 4,114 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Brogan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Eldorado between 1993 and 2017, burning about 828 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Baker Unit | LAUGHING HORSE |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Baker Unit | MAHOGONY FLAT |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | SCOFIELD |
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | 77 ROAD |
| 31 July 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Vale District | GOLDEN EAG |
| 24 July 2006 | Natural | 747 acres | Vale District | RESERVOIR |
| 20 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BRIDGEPORT FIELD |
| 31 October 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Vale District | LOG TOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Eldorado: 14 past producers, 11 occurrences, 8 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Prospect | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Johnson Gulch Placer | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Quicksilver and Easy Money | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Quicksilver and Easy Money Claims | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Dean Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Johnson Gulch Placerct | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Red, White & Blue | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Chrome Occurrence | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Chrome Occurrence | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Chrome Occurrence | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malheur City (historical) | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Humboldt Basin (historical) | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cake (historical) | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ironside | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bonita | 12.9 miles | 9 | |
| Caviness (historical) | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Brogan | 17.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clover (historical) | 21.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q112254099 | 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 1161356. 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.




