Harney, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Drewsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97720. It stands on Rattlesnake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harney quadrangle. It stands 4,173 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Harney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stinkingwater Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Harney quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Harney quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Harney between 1992 and 2019, burning about 942 acres in total. 16 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 159 acres | Burns District | FT HARNEY2 |
| 23 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | MILL CREEK |
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | RATTLESNAKE |
| 15 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Burns District | FT HARNEY1 |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | SINGLE SAG |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Burns District | RATTLESNK |
| 18 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | 8314 |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | PRIVATE CITIZEN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Harney: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mp 147.9 Centarl Oregon Hwy. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mp147.9 Central Oregon Hwy | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| O. J. Thomas Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harney in 1 storm report in 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Harney | - | The mesonet station, CWFO3, measured 0.83 inches of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Burns | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lawen | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Indian Village | 14.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hines | 14.7 miles | 10 | |
| Crane | 20.4 miles | 9 | |
| Trout Creek | 20.6 miles | 10 | |
| Van | 25.0 miles | 9 |
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 Harney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22072722 | 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 1143312. 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.






