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McEwen, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Hereford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97814. It lies near Sumpter Valley. The Survey maps it on the Phillips Lake quadrangle. It stands 4,150 feet above sea level.

McEwen within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of McEwen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 51 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
Natural51
Recreation and ceremony24
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBaker UnitOTEC
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaker UnitDEEMS LOOP
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestWORLEY
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestLITTLE BEAR
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBaker UnitFIELD
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitDEEMS LOOP #2
27 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitSTABLE
25 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitTWO PILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of McEwen: 15 past producers, 5 unknowns, 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Iron. 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
Lazy JimIron, Gold, SilverPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Lazy JimIron, Silver, GoldUnknown
GardnerChromiumPast Producer
GardnerChromiumUnknown
Molybdenum OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Unnamed Molybdenum OccurrenceMolybdenumProspect
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStoneProducer
Unnamed PitStonePast Producer

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
Sumpter6.0 miles13
Auburn (historical)8.5 miles16
Bourne9.8 miles14
Cracker City (historical)10.1 miles14
Whitney (historical)10.3 miles13
Pocahontas (historical)10.5 miles15
Audrey (historical)10.9 miles13
Carroll (historical)13.5 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 McEwenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6801107The 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 1136524. 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.