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Malheur City, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Brogan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97908. It lies near French Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. It stands 3,940 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Malheur City within Malheur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Malheur City (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 297 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2006Natural3.0 acresBaker UnitLAUGHING HORSE
10 September 1997Natural200 acresVale DistrictWISER CR
29 August 2019Natural16 acresVale DistrictWISER CREEK
31 July 1994Natural2.0 acresVale DistrictGOLDEN EAG
28 July 2007Natural1.1 acresVale DistrictMORMON BASIN
31 May 2009Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictCLARKS CREEK
31 October 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreVale DistrictLOG TOWN
29 October 1995Debris and open burning75 acresVale DistrictSHASTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Malheur City (historical): 18 past producers, 13 occurrences, 8 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Willow Creek ChromiteChromium, NickelOccurrence
Willow Creek ChromiteChromium, NickelUnknown
Dean ProspectGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Johnson Gulch PlacerGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Quicksilver and Easy MoneyMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Quicksilver and Easy Money ClaimsMercuryProspect
Dean ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Johnson Gulch PlacerctGold, SilverProspect
NoahGold, SilverPast Producer
Red, White & BlueGold, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Malheur 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
Eldorado1.4 miles10
Humboldt Basin (historical)6.6 miles10
Cake (historical)8.1 miles10
Bonita12.5 miles9
Ironside13.2 miles9
Caviness (historical)13.3 miles9
Brogan15.9 miles9
Clover (historical)20.8 miles9

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 Malheur City (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85783455The 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 1161431. 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.