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Kingsley, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dufur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97021. The Survey maps it on the Postage Stamp Butte quadrangle. It stands 2,444 feet above sea level.

Kingsley within Wasco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Kingsley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,160 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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 2019Natural19 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTOOTER CREEK
27 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresThe Dalles UnitLARCH CREEK
10 September 1997Natural1.0 acresThe Dalles UnitTAYLORVILLE
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreThe Dalles UnitFRIEND RD
4 August 2004Naturalunder an acreThe Dalles UnitELLIOT
2 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreThe Dalles UnitTYGH RIDGE
15 August 2004Equipment and vehicle use38 acresThe Dalles UnitRAIL HOLLOW
8 July 2002Naturalunder an acreThe Dalles UnitCLARK MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Kingsley: 8 past producers, 8 producers. 8 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
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Davis & Neil PropertyStonePast Producer
Davis & Neil PropertyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
JustesenStonePast Producer
Justesen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Tygh Ridge QuarryStonePast Producer
Tygh Ridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wasco 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
Friend (historical)3.6 miles14
Tygh Valley6.6 miles14
Pine Hollow8.4 miles15
Dufur8.6 miles13
Wamic8.6 miles15
Nansene8.8 miles12
Endersby10.7 miles13
Boyd12.0 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 KingsleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709029The 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 1122769. 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.