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Fields, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Diamond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97710. It lies near Williams Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fields quadrangle. 120 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 4,236 feet above sea level.

Fields within Harney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Fields between 2001 and 2012, burning about 501 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictDOMINGO PASS
29 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBurns DistrictBUCKMAN
7 July 2001Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictELUSIVE
26 July 2010Naturalunder an acreBurns District1077
27 June 2006Natural496 acresBurns DistrictRED MOUNTAIN
18 May 2012Natural2.6 acresBurns DistrictSECTION LINE

Every fire recorded in Harney County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Fields: 22 prospects, 16 occurrences, 9 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Copper, Geothermal, Mercury, Copper. 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
Auzrite MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Auzrite MineSilver, CopperPast Producer
Blair GroupMercury, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrence1940
Lucky StarMercury, Copper, Barium-BariteOccurrence1938
Red HillCopper, MercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Victor GroupGold, Barium-Barite, Copper, MercuryPast Producer
Blair GroupMercury, Barium-Barite, CopperProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
MogulMercury, Barium-Barite, CopperPast Producer1939
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harney County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fields in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFields-Mesonet station BQFO3 Basque Hills recorded a wind gust of 59MPH associated with a passing thunderstorm.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFields-A trained spotter reported a wind gust of 59 mph on their anemometer.
August 2023FloodFields-A trained spotter reported frequent lightning and 1.0 inches of rain in 20 minutes causing over a foot of standing water in agricultural fields. He also reported that Trout Creek Road was impassable due to washed out portions of the road.
June 2022Heavy RainFields-A member of the public measured 1.49 inches of total rainfall near Fields.
May 2018HailFields-A social media post reported quarter size hail 6 miles south of Pueblo Mountain.
June 2009HailFields-A trained spotter near White Horse Ranch in southern Harney County, Oregon reported golf ball sized hail.
June 2009HailFields-A resident at Fields, Oregon reported hail the size of an ice cube out of an ice cube tray.
June 2009Flash FloodFields-Sections of State Highway 205 near Wild Horse Ranch were washed out due to flash flooding.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFields-Fields RAWS reported a wind gust to 58 MPH.

Every storm recorded in Harney 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
Andrews14.2 miles11
Frenchglen40.8 miles10
Diamond51.6 miles7
Princeton (historical)68.0 miles8
Voltage69.1 miles8
New Princeton70.5 miles9
Narrows71.6 miles8
Venator77.3 miles8

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 FieldsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5447192The 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 1120703. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.