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Geneva, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Grandview census division. The Survey maps it on the Akawa Butte quadrangle. It stands 2,822 feet above sea level.

Geneva within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Geneva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,610 acres in total. 94 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
Natural94
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Fireworks1
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
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrineville District0566
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,449 acresOchoco National Forest815
2 September 1996Fireworksunder an acreOchoco National ForestHURL 1556
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreOchoco National Forest1642
11 September 1997Naturalunder an acreOchoco National Forest1121
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSisters UnitGRAM ROAD
9 August 1999Naturalunder an acreDeschutes National Forest1069
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreOchoco National Forest0672

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Geneva: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Opal SpringStonePast Producer
Opal SpringStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Grandview5.2 miles16
Crooked River Ranch8.8 miles17
Opal City9.6 miles17
Culver10.1 miles13
Camp Sherman13.3 miles16
Metolius13.7 miles13
Madras17.7 miles14
Lamonta (historical)18.9 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 GenevaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85762995The 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 1161373. 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.