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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.

Harney within Harney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

23 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural16
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
27 September 1993Debris and open burning159 acresBurns DistrictFT HARNEY2
23 September 2014Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictMILL CREEK
22 September 2014Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictRATTLESNAKE
15 September 1993Debris and open burning39 acresBurns DistrictFT HARNEY1
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictSINGLE SAG
6 August 1999Natural1.0 acresBurns DistrictRATTLESNK
18 August 2008Naturalunder an acreBurns District8314
16 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictPRIVATE CITIZEN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harney 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mp 147.9 Centarl Oregon Hwy.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mp147.9 Central Oregon HwySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O. J. Thomas WellGeothermalProducer
Unnamed Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Harney County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Heavy RainHarney-The mesonet station, CWFO3, measured 0.83 inches of rain.

Every storm recorded in Harney 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
Buchanan10.3 miles9
Burns12.9 miles10
Lawen13.9 miles8
Indian Village14.1 miles10
Hines14.7 miles10
Crane20.4 miles9
Trout Creek20.6 miles10
Van25.0 miles9

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 HarneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22072722The 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.