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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.

Narrows within Harney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

16 since 1992

Regional 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 burning4
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
14 September 1993Debris and open burning50 acresMalheur National Wildlife RefugeTAYLOR
6 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use60 acresBurns DistrictBUFFALO
30 August 2007Natural3.0 acresMalheur National Wildlife RefugeOR-MAR-7408
30 August 2002Naturalunder an acreBurns District2324
18 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresMalheur National Wildlife Refuge2483
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBurns DistrictARSON WRIGHTS PT 1
4 July 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMalheur National Wildlife RefugeARSON NARROWS #1
4 July 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMalheur National Wildlife RefugeARSON NARROWS #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harney County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brine WellsMagnesiteOccurrence
Church QuarryStonePast Producer
Church QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Church QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Church QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harney Lake ZeolitesZeolitesOccurrence
Harney Lake ZeolitesZeolitesOccurrence
Dunn SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Lynch SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Harney 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
Voltage8.3 miles8
Lawen14.2 miles8
New Princeton20.1 miles9
Princeton (historical)20.5 miles8
Hines20.7 miles10
Burns21.8 miles10
Indian Village22.0 miles10
Crane22.4 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 NarrowsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6966334The 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.