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Fairbanks, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dufur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97058. It lies near Company Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Petersburg quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.

Fairbanks within Wasco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

62 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Fairbanks between 1993 and 2018, burning about 39,378 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresSoutheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesSTONEHENGE
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.7 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaHAYSTACK
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresYakama AgencyMM 95
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaCELILO PARK
5 August 1998Smoking5.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWISHRAM EAST
4 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use270 acresYakama AgencyWISHRAM
29 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution11,008 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWISHRAM 2
27 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaCOLEFIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Fairbanks: 9 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
BouleStonePast Producer
CrawfordStonePast Producer
Fulton PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fulton PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Layman No3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Northwest Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
WilliamsStonePast Producer
Boule PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bryant QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wasco 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
English (historical)2.3 miles15
Celilo Village2.4 miles10
Petersburg4.1 miles15
Emerson5.5 miles10
The Dalles9.6 miles17
Boyd10.2 miles12
Endersby12.1 miles13
Cherry Heights12.7 miles17

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 FairbanksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5430001The 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 1136274. 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.