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Lime, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Huntington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97907. It stands on Marble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lime quadrangle. It stands 2,234 feet above sea level.

Lime within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Lime between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,224 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 4 were 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
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
6 September 2006Natural769 acresVale DistrictHUNTINGTON FIRE
6 September 2006Natural156 acresVale DistrictLIME
15 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreVale DistrictBURNT TBE
13 September 2006Natural1.0 acresVale DistrictBINDER GULCH
10 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use349 acresVale DistrictLIME FIRE
9 August 2010Natural40 acresVale DistrictCAVANAUGH
7 August 1992Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresVale DistrictSULLIVAN R
5 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution12,024 acresVale DistrictLIME HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Lime: 14 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Huntington City WellGeothermalProducer
Huntington PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Lower Marble Canyon QuarryDolomiteProducer
Placers of Lower Burnt RiverGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Copper ProspectCopperProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gypsum MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Gypsum MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Huntington Copper OccurrenceCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Section 17 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Baker 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
Jett (historical)1.4 miles11
Huntington4.5 miles11
Weatherby7.1 miles11
Rye Valley9.6 miles11
Conner Creek (historical)13.0 miles13
Durkee14.6 miles14
Clarksville20.4 miles10
China Town21.4 miles10

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 LimeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10985010The 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 1167713. 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.