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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Kimberly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Monument quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Kimberly quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Kimberly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RUDIO CREEK |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | ROSE CREEK |
| 19 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Malheur National Forest | BADGER |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | LONG POINT |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 213 acres | John Day Unit | BIRCH CREEK |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | ALKALI FLATS |
| 4 August 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | John Day Unit | HIDE 'N' SEEK CREEK |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | John Day Unit | RUDIO CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Gulch Bridge | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Gulch Bridge | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mp 106 John Day Hwy | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 106 John Day Hwy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 93.3 Spray/Kimberly | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 93.3 Spray/Kimberly Hwy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Heavy Rain | Kimberly | - | Spotter reported 0.65 inch of rainfall in 1 hour. |
| May 1998 | Heavy Rain | Kimberly | - | 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 1997 | Hail | Kimberly | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to 3/4 inch. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Flood | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Courtrock | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hamilton | 17.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dayville | 20.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fox | 27.6 miles | 13 | |
| Beech Creek | 28.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ritter | 28.1 miles | 13 | |
| Long Creek | 28.8 miles | 13 |
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 Kimberly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3710442 | 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 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.





