Keating, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Eagle Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97814. It stands on Tucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keating quadrangle. It stands 2,723 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Baker quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Baker City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Keating quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Keating quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Keating between 1994 and 2019, burning about 143 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BALM CR |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Vale District | HIGHWAY 86 |
| 9 August 1996 | Fireworks | under an acre | Vale District | KEATING C |
| 23 August 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Vale District | CREWS CRK |
| 23 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Vale District | PHILCORN |
| 14 August 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Vale District | MIDDLE |
| 14 August 2001 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Vale District | EAST |
| 12 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Vale District | HIDDEN T |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Keating: 20 past producers, 8 prospects, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Antimony. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkemont | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Bornite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite, Silver | |
| Clover Creek Copper Mine | Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| San Luis Claim | Antimony, Copper, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Sunset Group | Antimony, Gold | Occurrence | 1895 | |
| Burkemont Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | 1894 | |
| Gold Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hilltop Keating Claim | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Chrysocolla, Malachite | |
| Keating Chalk Pit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Keating Diatomite | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keating in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2001: 3 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin (historical) | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Encina | 13.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 13.9 miles | 17 | |
| Sparta | 14.1 miles | 14 | |
| Baker City | 14.6 miles | 15 | |
| Estes (historical) | 14.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wingville | 17.7 miles | 15 | |
| Haines | 18.6 miles | 14 |
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 Keating | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6382313 | 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 1122641. 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.






