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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Sumpter quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Greenhorn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bates quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Greenhorn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 126 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 13459 |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | BEN HARRISON |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BACKFIRE |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 13446 |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | WINTERVILLE |
| 5 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | ZEUS |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BIG DOUG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 187 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banzette | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Banzette | Gold, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Ben Harrison | Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Ben Harrison | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Ben Harrison | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Bi Metallic | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Magnesite, Chromium, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Bi Metallic Group | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Nickel, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bi-Metallic | Molybdenum, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Big Serpentine Dyke | Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Bowman | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkersville (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Carroll (historical) | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Whitney (historical) | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sumpter | 15.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cableville (historical) | 15.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cracker City (historical) | 17.1 miles | 14 | |
| Audrey (historical) | 17.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bourne | 17.5 miles | 14 |
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 Greenhorn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q721338 | 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 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.





