Ironside, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Brogan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97908. It lies in Ironside Valley. The Survey maps it on the Ironside quadrangle. It stands 3,783 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Ironside quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Brogan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Ironside quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ironside between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,824 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Vale District | IRONSIDE RFPA 1 |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Vale District | IRONSIDE RFPA ASSIST 1 |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | 25 acres | Vale District | WILLOW CRK |
| 16 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,789 acres | Vale District | ROSE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ironside in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Ironside | - | Scattered thunderstorms produced minor flash floods over several county roads in the Ironside area. No damage or injuries were reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonita | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Caviness (historical) | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Eldorado | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Malheur City (historical) | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| Clover (historical) | 13.5 miles | 9 | |
| Humboldt Basin (historical) | 19.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cake (historical) | 20.8 miles | 10 | |
| Brogan | 23.3 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 Ironside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6073245 | 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 1136412. 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.
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.




