Fox, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Long Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97856. The Survey maps it on the Fox quadrangle. It stands 4,387 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Long Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Long Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Monument quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Fox quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Fox quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Fox between 1993 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 43 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 | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | LONG |
| 4 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | John Day Unit | 3945 ROAD |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CARTER REST STOP |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | SMITH CREEK |
| 22 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-194 |
| 19 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | WILEY |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-335 |
| 15 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | John Day Unit | FOX CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fox: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fox in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Fox | - | A small weak tornado, estimated strength F0, lasted three minutes with no damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Creek | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Long Creek | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hamilton | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Courtrock | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Caverhill (historical) | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Vernon | 16.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ritter | 16.8 miles | 13 | |
| Galena | 17.9 miles | 12 |
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 Fox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5476524 | 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 1142382. 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.






