Narrows, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Drewsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97721. The Survey maps it on The Narrows quadrangle. It stands 4,111 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lawen quadrangle1:62500
- 1978 USGS Malheur Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS The Narrows quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Narrows between 1992 and 2019, burning about 265 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Malheur National Wildlife Refuge | TAYLOR |
| 6 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Burns District | BUFFALO |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Malheur National Wildlife Refuge | OR-MAR-7408 |
| 30 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | 2324 |
| 18 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Malheur National Wildlife Refuge | 2483 |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Burns District | ARSON WRIGHTS PT 1 |
| 4 July 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Malheur National Wildlife Refuge | ARSON NARROWS #1 |
| 4 July 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Malheur National Wildlife Refuge | ARSON NARROWS #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Narrows: 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zeolites, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brine Wells | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Church Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Church Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Church Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Church Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harney Lake Zeolites | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| Harney Lake Zeolites | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| Dunn Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Lynch Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voltage | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lawen | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| New Princeton | 20.1 miles | 9 | |
| Princeton (historical) | 20.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hines | 20.7 miles | 10 | |
| Burns | 21.8 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Village | 22.0 miles | 10 | |
| Crane | 22.4 miles | 9 |
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 Narrows | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6966334 | 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 1132010. 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.





