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Izee, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Seneca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97820. It lies near Schoolhouse Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Izee quadrangle. It stands 4,101 feet above sea level.

Izee within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Izee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 37 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
Natural37
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMORGAN MOUNTAIN
1 September 1994Naturalunder an acreMalheur National Forestnot named
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreMalheur National Forest1000 PINE CONE
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreMalheur National ForestOR-MAF-127
9 August 2001Natural100 acresJohn Day UnitFLAT CREEK
9 August 1999Naturalunder an acreMalheur National ForestOR-MAF-176
7 August 1997Naturalunder an acreMalheur National ForestOR-MAF-225
5 August 1999Naturalunder an acreMalheur National ForestOR-MAF-126

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Izee: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Geothermal. 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
Brisbois Ranch SpringsGeothermalProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Izee in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2006: 2 wildfire, 1 hail. 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
August 2006HailIzee-Hail covering ground.
July 2003WildfireIzee-The Big Ridge fire was lightning sparked and burned 140 acres. The cost of fighting the fire totaled $25,000.
July 2002WildfireIzee-The Flagtail Fire, sparked by lightning, consumed 8,175 acres along with two structures. The fire was not controlled until August 19th.

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Three Forks19.7 miles15
Seneca22.5 miles12
Silvies24.0 miles12
Mount Vernon28.2 miles14
Dayville28.8 miles15
Canyon City32.1 miles15
John Day33.3 miles15
Courtrock39.6 miles12

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 IzeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14708940The 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 1144149. 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.