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Kimberly, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Long Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97848. It stands on North Fork John Day River. The Survey maps it on the Kimberly quadrangle. It stands 1,857 feet above sea level.

Kimberly within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Kimberly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,661 acres in total. 39 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
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRUDIO CREEK
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitROSE CREEK
19 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMalheur National ForestBADGER
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitLONG POINT
7 August 2008Natural213 acresJohn Day UnitBIRCH CREEK
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitALKALI FLATS
4 August 2003Natural3.0 acresJohn Day UnitHIDE 'N' SEEK CREEK
30 August 2007Natural10 acresJohn Day UnitRUDIO CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kimberly: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Dry Gulch BridgeStonePast Producer
Dry Gulch BridgeStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mp 106 John Day HwyStonePast Producer
Mp 106 John Day HwyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mp 93.3 Spray/KimberlyStonePast Producer
Mp 93.3 Spray/Kimberly HwyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimberly in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2007Heavy RainKimberly-Spotter reported 0.65 inch of rainfall in 1 hour.
May 1998Heavy RainKimberly-A thunderstorm produced 1/4 inch hail in Kimberly. 0.90 inches of rain fell in one hour five miles south of Kimberly. Rock and mud slides were reported eight miles south of Kimberly.
August 1997HailKimberly-A thunderstorm produced hail up to 3/4 inch.
May 2020HailKimberly-no account filed
June 2016HailKimberly-no account filed
June 2016HailKimberly-no account filed
March 2014FloodKimberly-no account filed

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
Monument12.5 miles12
Courtrock16.8 miles12
Hamilton17.8 miles12
Dayville20.9 miles15
Fox27.6 miles13
Beech Creek28.0 miles13
Ritter28.1 miles13
Long Creek28.8 miles13

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 KimberlyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3710442The 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 1144605. 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.