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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Baker quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Baker City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Encina quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Encina quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | BLUE SPG |
| 13 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | CHASTAIN |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Vale District | MP 313 |
| 10 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Vale District | PLEASANT V |
| 1 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Vale District | MP 311 |
| 9 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Vale District | PLEASANT VALLEY |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Vale District | HWY 30 |
| 27 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Vale District | RADIO TOWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 127 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Caps Lode Claim | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Manganite | |
| Gold Occurrence | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Nitzlander Ranch | Gold, Copper, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Schroeder Maude Claims | Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay | Prospect | ||
| Virtue Mine | Gold, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Interstate Route 80n Gravel Pit | Stone | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mp 318.4 Old Oregon Tr | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pleasant Valley Tuff | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Pleasant Valley Tuff | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Stephens Group | Manganese, Tungsten | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Baker City | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Estes (historical) | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Auburn (historical) | 13.5 miles | 16 | |
| Keating | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| China Town | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Clarksville | 13.8 miles | 10 | |
| Durkee | 14.2 miles | 14 |
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 Encina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15616206 | 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 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.






