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Encina, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Baker City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97814. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Encina quadrangle. It stands 3,963 feet above sea level.

Encina within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Encina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,079 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictBLUE SPG
13 September 1994Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictCHASTAIN
12 September 2001Natural3.0 acresVale DistrictMP 313
10 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVale DistrictPLEASANT V
1 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVale DistrictMP 311
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use40 acresVale DistrictPLEASANT VALLEY
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresVale DistrictHWY 30
27 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresVale DistrictRADIO TOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 127 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 127 workings within 5 miles of Encina: 43 occurrences, 37 past producers, 32 prospects, 11 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Caps Lode ClaimGold, ManganeseOccurrenceManganite
Gold OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrence
Nitzlander RanchGold, Copper, ManganeseOccurrence
Schroeder Maude ClaimsFire Clay (Refractory), ClayProspect
Virtue MineGold, CopperUnknown
Interstate Route 80n Gravel PitStonePast ProducerSedimentary
Mp 318.4 Old Oregon TrStonePast Producer
Pleasant Valley TuffStone, DimensionPast Producer
Pleasant Valley TuffStone, DimensionPast Producer
Stephens GroupManganese, TungstenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Baker 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
Pleasant Valley3.4 miles17
Baker City9.5 miles15
Estes (historical)10.4 miles15
Auburn (historical)13.5 miles16
Keating13.7 miles14
China Town13.7 miles10
Clarksville13.8 miles10
Durkee14.2 miles14

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 EncinaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15616206The 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 1116654. 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.