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Estes, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Baker City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97814. It lies near Spring Grove Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Baker City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Estes within Baker County

On record in Estes

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Estes (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 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
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
26 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBaker UnitINC #1094
21 September 1992Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named
17 September 1999Other causesunder an acreBaker UnitHAYSTACK #2
16 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRODON
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictDOOLEY MTN
5 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestARCHERY RANGE
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestSHOULDA BEEN BIGGER
5 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use20 acresBaker UnitELK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 78 workings within 5 miles of Estes (historical): 43 past producers, 16 producers, 8 unknowns, 7 occurrences. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone. 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
Blue Mountain Lime MillCalciumProducer
Flagstaff Sand PitGold, SilverOccurrence
Gray EagleAntimony, GoldProducerStibnite
Heston SiteCopperProducer
Lucky StrikeAntimony, Gold, CopperProspect
Rouen GulchSilver, GoldOccurrence
Sam-O SpringGeothermalProducer
Coyote Peak QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Coyote Peak QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Griffin GulchStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Baker City0.9 miles15
Wingville5.5 miles15
Pocahontas (historical)6.9 miles15
Auburn (historical)7.9 miles16
Haines10.0 miles14
Encina10.4 miles17
Rock Creek13.4 miles13
Pleasant Valley13.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1164162. 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.