Meacham, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Pilot Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97859. It stands on Tod Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meacham quadrangle. 85 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Meacham
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Meacham Hotellisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Meacham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Meacham quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Meacham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 30 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 | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | TOD CREEK |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Pendleton Unit | TIP TOP RIDGE |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | CROW RIDGE |
| 30 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | CABIN FIRE |
| 30 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | SHEEP CREEK |
| 3 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | MEACHAM LAKE |
| 3 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SPRUCE LANE |
| 27 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | MP 257.56 |
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 Meacham: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meacham | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Meacham Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Meacham Rock Product | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Meacham Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Meacham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Meacham Rock Products Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meacham in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2006: 4 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meacham | $15,000 | Winds from a dry microburst knocked over 15 trees and damaged a motorhome at Emigrant Springs State Park, located at 4000 feet in the Blue Mountains. An ASOS site 4 miles away in Meacham recorded a peak wind gust of 46 mph associated with this storm. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Meacham | - | At Emigrant Springs State Park. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Meacham | - | A thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch hail and 0.25 inches of rain in 15 minutes. Lightning from this storm caused at least 11 spot fires to start. Lightning and wind blown trees also caused scattered power outages. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Meacham | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Meacham | - | no account filed |
| November 1999 | Heavy Rain | Meacham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| McKay | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gibbon | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cayuse | 13.8 miles | 10 | |
| Tutuilla | 16.8 miles | 11 | |
| Kirkpatrick | 17.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mission | 17.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bingham Springs | 19.1 miles | 10 |
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 Meacham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478093 | 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 1146038. 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.




