Millican, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sisters-Millican census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97701. The Survey maps it on the Millican quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1955 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Millican quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Brothers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Millican between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | I 954 |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0913 |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0914 COSSA |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0757 BEETLE FIRE |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0624 |
| 7 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | 497 |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | POWERLINE |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0816 APPLE |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millican in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2006: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2006 | Hail | Millican | - | Penny to nickel size hail accompanied by 50 mph wind gusts. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millican | - | A spotter five miles south of Millican reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph. Wind knocked out power to about 1,200 customers for ten minutes. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Millican | - | A spotter six miles south of Millican reported dime (3/4 inch) hail. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millican | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa | 14.6 miles | 15 | |
| Brothers | 17.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bend | 24.3 miles | 19 | |
| Deschutes River Woods | 24.5 miles | 17 | |
| Deschutes | 26.1 miles | 16 | |
| Imperial (historical) | 26.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sunriver | 27.5 miles | 14 | |
| Tumalo | 28.7 miles | 16 |
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 Millican | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6859539 | 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 1136541. 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.
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.





