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Hutchinson, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Wingville-Haines census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97833. It stands on Hutchinson Slough. The Survey maps it on the Haines quadrangle. It stands 3,383 feet above sea level.

Hutchinson within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hutchinson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 August 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresUmatilla AgencyWEIGH STAT
21 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreUmatilla AgencyMCKAY THIS
17 August 1992Natural1.0 acresBaker UnitMUDDY CREEK
1 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBaker UnitMUDDY CREEK
31 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitBARREL FIRE
30 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution19 acresVale DistrictCOYOTE POINT 2
25 July 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresUmatilla AgencyW 218
13 July 2002Naturalunder an acreBaker UnitPEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Hutchinson: 26 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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
Afterthought ClaimGold, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Afterthought ClaimsGold, Zinc, LeadProspect
Chemical Lime Co. DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Coyote Peak ProspectAntimony, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Fisher Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
LecleadGold, Silver, CopperProspect1901
Leclead MineCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Magpie MineGold, Silver, AntimonyProspect
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer

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
Haines4.6 miles14
Rock Creek5.0 miles13
Wingville9.6 miles15
Pocahontas (historical)10.9 miles15
Little Alps10.9 miles13
Estes (historical)14.6 miles15
Bourne15.5 miles14
Baker City15.6 miles15

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 HutchinsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15526554The 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 1136404. 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.