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Indian Valley, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97827. It stands on Shaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elgin quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Indian Valley within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Indian Valley (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,400 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLaGrande DistrictINDIAN CREEK CAMP FIRE
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use25 acresLaGrande DistrictPUMPKIN RIDGE
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictBATH TUB TOM
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictBEE SWARM
11 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictINDIAN CREEK
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictGEIGER BUTTE
7 August 2005Arson/incendiarism680 acresLaGrande DistrictRHINEHART
5 August 2017Recreation and ceremony309 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLARK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Indian Valley (historical): 12 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Diatomite. 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
Unnamed Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Indian CreekDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Indian Creek DiatomiteDiatomiteOccurrence
ElginStonePast Producer
Philips CreekStonePast Producer
West QuarryStonePast Producer
Elgin PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Elgin Rock ProductionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Philips Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Union 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
Elgin3.7 miles10
Elk Flat (historical)5.0 miles10
Imbler5.8 miles13
Summerville6.6 miles10
Alicel9.3 miles13
Cabin Creek (historical)11.6 miles12
Looking Glass (historical)13.4 miles12
Island City14.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1152831. 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.