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Greenhorn, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hereford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97877. The Survey maps it on the Greenhorn quadrangle. 3 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,306 feet above sea level.

Greenhorn within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Greenhorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,456 acres in total. 126 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
Natural126
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning2
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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMalheur National Forest13459
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestBEN HARRISON
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBACKFIRE
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMalheur National Forest13446
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestWINTERVILLE
5 September 1994Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestZEUS
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBIG DOUG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 187 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 187 workings within 5 miles of Greenhorn: 61 past producers, 59 occurrences, 49 prospects, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Chromium. 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
BanzetteGold, Copper, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceVein
BanzetteGold, Lead, CopperProspect
Ben HarrisonSilver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Ben HarrisonSilver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer
Ben HarrisonGold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer
Bi MetallicGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Magnesite, Chromium, MolybdenumOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Chromite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Bi Metallic GroupGold, Zinc, Silver, Nickel, Molybdenum, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Bi-MetallicMolybdenum, Gold, SilverOccurrenceMolybdenite
Big Serpentine DykeAsbestosUnknown
BowmanMolybdenumOccurrenceVein

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
Parkersville (historical)3.9 miles14
Carroll (historical)8.3 miles13
Whitney (historical)11.1 miles13
Sumpter15.5 miles13
Cableville (historical)15.6 miles13
Cracker City (historical)17.1 miles14
Audrey (historical)17.3 miles13
Bourne17.5 miles14

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 GreenhornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q721338The 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 1143062. 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.